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Health Care Reform MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Health Care Reform
Tree Number(s)
I01.655.500.608.400.285
I01.880.604.825.608.400.285
N03.349.285
N03.623.500.608.428.285
N04.590.374.285
N05.300.380
Unique ID
D018166
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018166
Annotation
not restricted to US; specify state or country
Scope Note
Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.
Entry Term(s)
Healthcare Reform
Previous Indexing
Delivery of Health Care (1970-1993)
Health Planning (1968-1992)
Health Policy (1981-1993)
Health Services (1977-1993)
See Also
Single-Payer System
Public MeSH Note
94
History Note
94
Date Established
1994/01/01
Date of Entry
1993/05/28
Revision Date
2010/06/25
Health Care Reform Preferred
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