Title: Medical Insurance Claim
Objectives:
To understand the process of medical insurance claims
To identify key entities, their attributes, and the relationships among them in a database
system.
To visually represent the structure of the data and its interconnections through an Entity-
Relationship diagram.
Outcomes:
A well-structured ER diagram showing entities (Patient, Policy, Claim, Approval) and
their relationships.
A list of relevant attributes for each entity.
Better understanding of how data moves from patients to claims, linked through policies
and approvals.
Brief about the study:
Entities:
Patient
Policy
Claim
Approval
Attributes:
1) Patient:
Name
Address
Contact No
D.O.B (Date of Birth)
Gender
2) Policy:
Policy ID
Type
Premium
3) Claim:
Claim ID
Status
Amount
Reason
4) Approval:
ID
Amount
Date
Status
Relationships:
1) Patient Takes Policy:
One patient can have multiple policies.
Relationship: Takes
2) Patient Makes claims:
One patient can take multiple claims.
Relationship: Makes
3) Policy Covers Claims:
Each claim must be related to a specific policy.
Relationship: Covers
4) Claim Gets Approval:
Each claim has exactly one approval.
Relationship: Gets
ER Diagram:
Rules for converting ER Model to Relational Model:
Step 1: Convert each Entity to a Table.
Step 2: Convert Simple Relationships.
Step 3: Convert Attributes.
Step 4: Convert Weak Entities.
Step 5: Convert Specializations/Generalizations.
DDL Queries: