Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Private Sector

That distinct portion of the institutional, industrial, or economic structure of a country that is controlled or owned by non-governmental, private interests.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

That distinct portion of the institutional, industrial, or economic structure of a country that is controlled or owned by non-governmental, private interests.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Sector, Private
  • Private Enterprise
  • Enterprise, Private
  • Enterprises, Private
  • Private Enterprises

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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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Indexing Annotation

IM; specify nature of private endeavor (IM); specify geog if pertinent

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93

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Previous Indexing

  • Health Facilities, Proprietary (1979-1992)

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  1. I01w.791w
  2. N04w.452.633w.390w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Private Sector. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017149. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017149
  2. Private Sector. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_sector
  3. Private Sector. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q591763