| Descriptor English: | Medicare | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Medicare
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Medicare | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Medicare (USA) | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18 Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18 Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18 Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled |
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| Tree number(s): |
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006278 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976) |
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| Annotation: | U.S. only: for Canada & Australia index under NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS + country; specify geog; Public Law 89-97 |
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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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| Public MeSH Note: | 91; was HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED, TITLE 18 1979-90, was HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED, TITLE 18 1966-78 (PROV 1966); MEDICARE was see HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED, TITLE 18 1979-90, & HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED, TITLE 18 1975-78 |
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| Online Note: | use MEDICARE to search HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED, TITLE 18 1979-90; HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED, TITLE l8 1966-78 (as Prov 1966) |
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| History Note: | 91; was HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED, TITLE 18 1979-90, was HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED, TITLE 18 1966-78 (PROV 1966); MEDICARE was see HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED, TITLE 18 1979-90, & HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED, TITLE 18 1975-78 1966-78 (Prov 1966) |
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| Related: |
Insurance, Medigap
MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 29247 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D006278 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WT 31 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1967/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2009/07/06 |
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Medicare
- Preferred
Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled
- Broader
| Concept UI |
M0009851 |
| Scope note | Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976) |
| Preferred term | Medicare |
| Entry term(s) |
Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18 Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18 Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18 |
| Concept UI |
M0009852 |
| Preferred term | Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled |
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