Health Care

Employment

The state of being engaged in an activity or service for wages or salary.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The state of being engaged in an activity or service for wages or salary.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Employment Status
  • Employment Termination
  • Labor Force
  • Occupational Status
  • Status, Occupational
  • Underemployment
  • Labor Forces
  • Status, Employment
  • Termination, Employment

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

for pay: differentiate from WORK

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History Note

70

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Previous Indexing

  • Occupations (1966-1969)
  • Unemployment (1966-1969)
  • Work (1966-1969)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Employment. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004651. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004651
  2. Employment. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment
  3. Employment. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q656365