Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Economics

The science of utilization, distribution, and consumption of services and materials.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The science of utilization, distribution, and consumption of services and materials.

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Classification

MeSH Qualifier

Used as a Subheading

Economics is also a MeSH subheading (qualifier Q000191), attached to other headings to focus them on this aspect:

Used for the economic aspects of any subject, as well as for all aspects of financial management. It includes the raising or providing of funds.

Qualifier ID
Q000191
Qualifier Tree
Y06.010

Indexing annotation

subhead only; includes "finances", "financing", "funding", "costs", "fees", "salaries", "financial management", etc.; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.27; DF: /econ or /EC CATALOG: may be subdivided geographically

Subheading synonyms

  • cost
  • fees
  • finances
  • financial management
  • financing
  • funding
  • salaries

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Synonyms

37 entry terms
  • Capital
  • Conditions, Economic
  • Consumer Price Index
  • Consumption
  • Cost of Living
  • Easterlin Hypothesis
  • Economic Conditions
  • Economic Policies
  • Economic Policy
  • Economics, Home
  • Home Economics
  • Household Consumption
  • Macroeconomic Factors
  • Microeconomic Factors
  • Policies, Economic
  • Policy, Economic
  • Production
  • Remittances
  • Utility Theory
  • Condition, Economic
  • Consumer Price Indices
  • Consumption, Household
  • Economic Condition
  • Factor, Macroeconomic
  • Factor, Microeconomic
  • Factors, Macroeconomic
  • Factors, Microeconomic
  • Household Consumptions
  • Hypothesis, Easterlin
  • Index, Consumer Price
  • Indices, Consumer Price
  • Living Cost
  • Living Costs
  • Remittance
  • Theories, Utility
  • Theory, Utility
  • Utility Theories

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Aspects Covered

4 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings history, legislation & jurisprudence, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified only: prefer /econ; note ECONOMIC FACTORS and SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS are available

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.261w
  2. N03w.219w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Economics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004467. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004467
  2. Economics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics
  3. Economics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134