When you buy a private medical insurance policy, there will be multiple options and different insurers, different policies and different geographical areas to choose from. One of the benefits available to you is out-patient cover, but you may not be entirely sure what this means. Out-patients cover can be split into two sections: consultations and diagnostics. When your GP refers you to see a specialist, this is normally done as an out-patient consultation. If your specialist requires you to have tests, these are generally done as out-patient diagnostics. These are the two different elements of out-patient cover. Out-patient cover for…
Out-patient cover; what does it mean?
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