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MeSH Heading: State Medicine
Tree Number(s): N03.349.550.902; N03.858
Unique ID: D013222
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013222
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
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.
Entry Version: STATE MED
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
NLM Classification #: W 225
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

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.
Terms: State Medicine Preferred Term
Term UI T038831
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID BIOETHICS (1975); Medicine, Socialized
Term UI T038828
Date12/04/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Medicine, State
Term UI T038830
Date12/04/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Socialized Medicine
Term UI T038829
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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