Health Care

Public Assistance

Financial assistance to impoverished persons for the essentials of living through federal, state or local government programs.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Financial assistance to impoverished persons for the essentials of living through federal, state or local government programs.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Assistance, Public

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9 allowable subheadings

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

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specify geog

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History Note

68

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Previous Indexing

  • Public Health (1966-1967)
  • Social Welfare (1966-1967)

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  1. N03w.219w.521.346.506

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Public Assistance. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011632. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011632
  2. Public Assistance. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11392097