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MeSH Heading: Health Policy
Tree Number(s): I01.655.500.608.400; I01.880.604.825.608.400; N03.623.500.608.428
Unique ID: D006291
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006291
Annotation: specify state or country or other body if pertinent; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH is available
Scope Note: Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.
Entry Term(s): Health Care Policies; Health Policies; Healthcare Policy; National Health Policy
Previous Indexing: National Health Programs (1977-1979); Public Policy (1978-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 80
History Note: 80
Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/06/01
Revision Date: 2022/07/13

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M0009883
Scope Note: Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.
Terms: Health Policy Preferred Term
Term UI T019066
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1980); Health Care Policies
Term UI T001116752
Date01/09/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Health Policies
Term UI T001093842
Date12/26/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Healthcare Policy
Term UI T001080730
Date05/15/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

Health Policy MeSH Descriptor Data 2025