| Descriptor English: | Medicare Part A | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Medicare Part A
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Medicare Part A | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Medicare part A (USA) | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Hospital Insurance Program, Medicare Medicare Hospital Insurance Program Part A, Medicare |
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| Tree number(s): |
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663.500 N03.219.521.576.343.840.725 N03.706.615.698 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016344 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The compulsory portion of Medicare that is known as the Hospital Insurance Program. All persons 65 years and older who are entitled to benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance Program or railroad retirement, persons under the age of 65 who have been eligible for disability for more than two years, and insured workers (and their dependents) requiring renal dialysis or kidney transplantation are automatically enrolled in Medicare Part A. |
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| Annotation: | specify state if given |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Hospitalization (1979-1990) Medicare (1966-1990) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 91 |
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| History Note: | 91 |
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| Entry Version: | MEDICARE A |
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| DeCS ID: | 29041 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D016344 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WT 31 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1991/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1990/05/29 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2009/07/06 |
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Medicare Part A
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0024979 |
| Scope note | The compulsory portion of Medicare that is known as the Hospital Insurance Program. All persons 65 years and older who are entitled to benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance Program or railroad retirement, persons under the age of 65 who have been eligible for disability for more than two years, and insured workers (and their dependents) requiring renal dialysis or kidney transplantation are automatically enrolled in Medicare Part A. |
| Preferred term | Medicare Part A |
| Entry term(s) |
Hospital Insurance Program, Medicare Medicare Hospital Insurance Program Part A, Medicare |
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