Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Public Sector

The area of a nation's economy that is tax-supported and under government control.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The area of a nation's economy that is tax-supported and under government control.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Public Sectors
  • Sector, Public
  • Sectors, Public
  • Public Domain
  • Public Enterprise
  • Domain, Public
  • Domains, Public
  • Enterprise, Public
  • Enterprises, Public
  • Public Domains
  • Public Enterprises

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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

IM; specify nature of public endeavor (IM); specify geog if pertinent

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History Note

93

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Previous Indexing

  • Government Agencies (1979-1992)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.795w
  2. N04w.452.633w.890w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Public Sector. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017150. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017150
  2. Public Sector. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_sector
  3. Public Sector. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294217