duradero

Question

Buscar Proveedores de Eqiopo Médico Duradero en su area

the translation is

Find Suppliers of Medical Equipment in Your Area.

Is this just an omission in the English translation, or am I missing something?

I find duradero to mean lasting, durable

It's in a letter from Medicare with English on one side & Spanish on the other.

Answer 1

DME is durable medical equipment. It is approached in a clause in Medicare law that has to do with reimbursement. For example, a wheelchair is durable medical equipment, and Medicare may pay for it as a purchase from a supplier for the person if it is medically necessary that the person would need it for an extended period of time. Otherwise, since it is DME, it may be rented using Medicare funds, to one person for three months then rented to another using their own money, or private insurance funds, for another period of time. If it is not DME, such as syringes, Medicare PROVIDERS cannot call it that, and Medicare knows it is not a DME, as it cannot be re-used by another person. The PROVIDER will sell it each time it is needed. Since Medicare covers the cost of syringes for certain diagnoses, it will pay for the syringes each time (limited according to the Medicare clause.)

Answer 2

I do know they are referring to things like motorized wheelchairs, which they never covered before in addition to whatever supplies that were previously covered.

The first part of the paragraph reads

Para una lista actualizada de los proveedores aprobados por Medicare en su área, visite (website) y seleccione (what I wrote above)

Answer 3

In Spain we would consider:

equipo médico: doctors

equipamiento: equipment

Here probalby:

eqipamiento de larga duración'

Answer 4

I think "buscar" works much better in this context than "encuentre" or "encontrar." I bet it is a button that you click on if you want to find such providers, and such buttons are often labeled "buscar."

Answer 5

Yes. I see lots of hits for "Equipo Medico Duradero (DME)," which combines the Spanish translation with the English acronym. I don't think "durable team" would make sense in either language.

The idea is to contrast durable equipment with supplies (such as bandages).

Answer 6

James. but they are referring to the equipment, not the team'

Answer 7

Actually, "durable medical equipment" is the correct translation, and is often abbreviated as DME. Search for that string and the abbreviation and you'll get lots of hits.

BTW, it should be equipo.

Answer 8

Hi Motley, i do hope you have seen all the improvements on this site! jeje

Well, in my opinion, this is a bad translation from whatever point you look at it.

medical equipment: (Here!) equipamiento medico

medical team: equipo médico

and yes, the duradero is missing out completely.

find: encontrar

Now I am wondering if they refer to the doctors ? Or to the equipment? I suppose they wanted to say:

Encuentre proveedores de equipamiento médico duradero en su zona

Answer 9

I'm not sure, but maybe the concept of durable is part of "medical equipment" in English. I think we (English speakers) differentiate between medical supplies and medical equipment. That distinction may be absent in Spanish, unless specified by something like the word duradero. My guess is that the document was probably written in English and translated into Spanish.