Health Care

State Medicine

A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Medicine, Socialized
  • Medicine, State
  • Socialized Medicine
  • British Health Service, National
  • British National Health Service
  • National Health Service, British
  • Service, British National Health

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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

not for medical programs of individual states; compulsory system of personal medical care under control of a national government paying physicians out of public funds; compulsory: do not confuse with NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; specify country, even GREAT BRITAIN despite entry term NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, BRITISH

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. N03w.349.550.902
  2. N03w.858

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NLM Classification

W 225

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. State Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013222. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013222
  2. State Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64830835