Structured Summary
Abstract
The compulsory portion of Medicare that is known as the Hospital Insurance Program. All persons 65 years and older who are entitled to benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance Program or railroad retirement, persons under the age of 65 who have been eligible for disability for more than two years, and insured workers (and their dependents) requiring renal dialysis or kidney transplantation are automatically enrolled in Medicare Part A.
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Hospital Insurance Program, Medicare
- Medicare Hospital Insurance Program
- Part A, Medicare
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Aspects Covered
9 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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specify state if given
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History Note
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Previous Indexing
- Hospitalization (1979-1990)
- Medicare (1966-1990)
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NLM Classification
WT 31.5
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Medicare Part A. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016344. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016344
- Medicare Part A. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70439064