preauthorization
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pre- + authorization.
Adjective
[edit]preauthorization (not comparable)
- Prior to authorization.
- Coordinate term: postauthorization
- 2016, H. Guenter Hennings, “Postmarketing Evaluation”, in Anthony C. Cartwright, Brian R. Matthews, editors, International Pharmaceutical Product Registration (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences; 200), 2nd edition, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 589:
- Preauthorization research, development, nonclinical and clinical investigation describe at the time of approval a “model” of the medicinal product.
Noun
[edit]preauthorization (countable and uncountable, plural preauthorizations)
- Authorization given in advance.
- 2019 April 5, Britta Lokting, “Can Technology Stop the Duane Reade-ization of New York?”, in The New York Times[1]:
- “Every time a patient calls me telling me a prescription can’t be filled, or I have to call insurance for preauthorization, that’s my time or my staff’s time, and that’s money and time diverted to taking care of other people,” he said.