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Descriptor English: Public Assistance
Descriptor Spanish: Asistencia Pública
Descriptor asistencia pública
Scope note: Asistencia financiera a personas sin recursos para las necesidades esenciales de la vida a través de programas federales, estatales o locales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Assistência Pública
Descriptor French: Aide publique
Entry term(s): Assistance, Public
Tree number(s): N03.219.521.346.506
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011632
Scope note: Financial assistance to impoverished persons for the essentials of living through federal, state or local government programs.
Annotation: specify geog
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Public Health (1966-1967)
Social Welfare (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Related: Social Welfare MeSH
DeCS ID: 12067
Unique ID: D011632
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Public Assistance - Preferred
Concept UI M0018086
Scope note Financial assistance to impoverished persons for the essentials of living through federal, state or local government programs.
Preferred term Public Assistance
Entry term(s) Assistance, Public



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