Health Care

Regional Medical Programs

Coordination of activities and programs among health care institutions within defined geographic areas for the purpose of improving delivery and quality of medical care to the patients. These programs are mandated under U.S. Public Law 89-239.

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Abstract

Coordination of activities and programs among health care institutions within defined geographic areas for the purpose of improving delivery and quality of medical care to the patients. These programs are mandated under U.S. Public Law 89-239.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Medical Program, Regional
  • Medical Programs, Regional
  • Program, Regional Medical
  • Programs, Regional Medical

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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

specify geog; TN 163: restricted definition and use

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History Note

68(67)

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Previous Indexing

  • Legislation, Medical (1966)
  • Public Health (1966)
  • United States Public Health Service (1966)

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Tree Number

  1. N03w.349.650.400

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NLM Classification

WA 541

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Regional Medical Programs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012041. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012041
  2. Regional Medical Programs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70439222