Structured Summary
Abstract
Works about the enactment of laws and ordinances and their regulation by official organs of a nation, state, or other legislative organization. It refers also to health-related laws and regulations in general or for which there is no specific descriptor.
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Broader headings
Narrower headings
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- Antitrust Laws
- Dental Legislation
- Drug Legislation
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- Food Legislation
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Health Planning
- Hospital Legislation
- Medicaid
- Medical Legislation
- Medicare
- Medicare Part A
- Medicare Part B
- Medicare Part D
- Nursing Legislation
- Patient Freedom of Choice Laws
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Patient Self-Determination Act
- Pharmacy Legislation
- Privacy
- Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
- Threshold Limit Values
- Veterinary Legislation
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Synonyms
15 entry terms
- Laws and Statutes
- Statutes and Laws
- Constitutional Amendments
- Health Legislation
- Health Legislation as Topic
- Legislation, Health
- Model Legislation
- Population Law
- Amendment, Constitutional
- Amendments, Constitutional
- Constitutional Amendment
- Law, Population
- Laws, Population
- Legislation, Model
- Population Laws
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Aspects Covered
8 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; prefer the qualifier / legis with a specific term; specify country or state; do not confuse with the Publication Type LEGISLATION
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History Note
2008(1963)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Legislation as Topic. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007878. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007878
- Legislation as Topic. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawmaking
- Legislation as Topic. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1725430