Health Care

Social Security

Government sponsored social insurance programs.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Government sponsored social insurance programs.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Social Insurance
  • Insurance, Social
  • Security, Social
  • Aid to Totally Disabled Persons
  • Aid to Visually Impaired
  • Aid to Visually Impaired Persons
  • Aid to the Blind
  • Aid to the Totally Disabled

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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 country, including U.S.

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History Note

AID TO THE BLIND & AID TO THE TOTALLY DISABLED were see under PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 1968-77

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Tree Numbers

  1. N03w.219w.521.346.506.849w
  2. N03w.219w.521.576w.823w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Social Security. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012943. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012943
  2. Social Security. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_security
  3. Social Security. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2483208