Health Care

State Health Planning and Development Agencies

Agencies established under PL93-641 to coordinate, conduct, and implement state health planning activities. Two primary responsibilities are the preparation of an annual State Health Plan and giving assistance to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council.

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Abstract

Agencies established under PL93-641 to coordinate, conduct, and implement state health planning activities. Two primary responsibilities are the preparation of an annual State Health Plan and giving assistance to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council.

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Synonyms

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  • State Health Planning, Development Agencies
  • State Health Development Agencies
  • State Health Planning Agencies

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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

U.S. only; Public Law 93-641; specify geog & add UNITED STATES also

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History Note

91(80); was see under HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS 1980-90; STATE HEALTH PLANNING AGENCIES, UNITED STATES was see HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCIES 1979

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Previous Indexing

  • Health Planning (1968-1979)
  • Regional Health Planning (1977-1979)

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WA 540

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. State Health Planning and Development Agencies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013220. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013220
  2. State Health Planning and Development Agencies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70341120