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MeSH Heading: United States Social Security Administration
Tree Number(s): I01.409.418.750.999; N03.540.348.500.500.999
Unique ID: D019131
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019131
Annotation: add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
Scope Note: An independent agency within the Executive Branch of the United States Government. It administers a national social insurance program whereby employees, employers, and the self-employed pay contributions into pooled trust funds. Part of the contributions go into a separate hospital insurance trust fund for workers at age 65 to provide help with medical expenses. Other programs include the supplemental social security income program for the aged, blind, and disabled and the Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Program. It became an independent agency March 31, 1995. It had previously been part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, later the Department of Health and Human Services. (From United States Government Manual, 1994-95)
Entry Term(s): Social Security Administration; Social Security Administration (U.S.); Social Security Administration, United States
Previous Indexing: Social Security (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/05
Revision Date: 2015/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

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statistics & numerical data (SN)

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Social Sciences [I01]
- Government [I01.409]
  - Government Agencies [I01.409.418]
    - United States Government Agencies [I01.409.418.750]

Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
- Organizations [N03.540]
  - Government [N03.540.348]
    - Federal Government [N03.540.348.500]
      - United States Government Agencies [N03.540.348.500.500]
        
        Peace Corps [N03.540.348.500.500.099]
        
        United States Agency for International Development [N03.540.348.500.500.199]
        
        United States Department of Agriculture [N03.540.348.500.500.400]
        
        United States Department of Defense [N03.540.348.500.500.500]
        
        United States Dept. of Health and Human Services [N03.540.348.500.500.600]
        
        United States Department of Homeland Security [N03.540.348.500.500.650]
        
        United States Department of Veterans Affairs [N03.540.348.500.500.700]
        
        United States Environmental Protection Agency [N03.540.348.500.500.937]
        
        United States Federal Trade Commission [N03.540.348.500.500.968]
        
        United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration [N03.540.348.500.500.984]
        
        United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration [N03.540.348.500.500.992]
        
        United States Office of Economic Opportunity [N03.540.348.500.500.996]
        
        United States Office of National Drug Control Policy [N03.540.348.500.500.997]
        
        United States Office of Technology Assessment [N03.540.348.500.500.998]
        
        United States Social Security Administration [N03.540.348.500.500.999]

United States Social Security Administration Preferred

Concept UI: M0028533
Scope Note: An independent agency within the Executive Branch of the United States Government. It administers a national social insurance program whereby employees, employers, and the self-employed pay contributions into pooled trust funds. Part of the contributions go into a separate hospital insurance trust fund for workers at age 65 to provide help with medical expenses. Other programs include the supplemental social security income program for the aged, blind, and disabled and the Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Program. It became an independent agency March 31, 1995. It had previously been part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, later the Department of Health and Human Services. (From United States Government Manual, 1994-95)
Terms: United States Social Security Administration Preferred Term
Term UI T057091
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Social Security Administration (U.S.)
Term UI T057088
Date04/05/1995
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Social Security Administration
Term UI T057089
Date04/05/1995
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Social Security Administration, United States
Term UI T057090
Date04/06/1995
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

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