Descriptor English: | State Medicine |
Descriptor Spanish: | Medicina Estatal |
Descriptor Portuguese: | Medicina Estatal |
Descriptor French: | Médecine d'État |
Entry term(s): |
British Health Service, National British National Health Service Medicine, Socialized Medicine, State National Health Service, British Service, British National Health Socialized Medicine |
Tree number(s): |
N03.349.550.902 N03.858 |
RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013222 |
Scope note: | A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population. |
Annotation: | not for medical programs of individual states; compulsory system of personal medical care under control of a national government paying physicians out of public funds; compulsory: do not confuse with NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; specify country, even GREAT BRITAIN despite entry term NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, BRITISH |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
Entry Version: | STATE MED |
DeCS ID: | 13607 |
Unique ID: | D013222 |
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2009/07/06 |
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State Medicine
- Preferred
National Health Service, British
- Narrower
Concept UI |
M0020450 |
Scope note | A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population. |
Preferred term | State Medicine |
Entry term(s) |
Medicine, Socialized Medicine, State Socialized Medicine |
Concept UI |
M0020449 |
Preferred term | National Health Service, British |
Entry term(s) |
British Health Service, National British National Health Service Service, British National Health |
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