Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Health Policy

Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Health Care Policies
  • Health Policies
  • Healthcare Policy
  • Care Policies, Health
  • Health Care Policy
  • Healthcare Policies
  • Policies, Health
  • Policies, Health Care
  • Policies, Healthcare
  • Policy, Health
  • Policy, Health Care
  • Policy, Healthcare
  • National Health Policy
  • Health Policy, National
  • National Health Policies

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Aspects Covered

4 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specify state or country or other body if pertinent; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH is available

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • National Health Programs (1977-1979)
  • Public Policy (1978-1979)

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  1. I01w.655w.500.608w.400w
  2. I01w.880w.604.825.608w.400w
  3. N03w.623w.500.608w.428w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Health Policy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006291. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006291
  2. Health Policy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_policy
  3. Health Policy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1519812