Biomaterial Database

Long-term care financing. To achieve significant change, a functional national approach is needed. 2001

D Durenberger, and D Thompson

Citizens for Long Term Care, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007353	Insurance, Long-Term Care	Health insurance to provide full or partial coverage for long-term home care services or for long-term nursing care provided in a residential facility such as a nursing home.	Long-Term Care Insurance,Insurance, Long Term Care,Long Term Care Insurance
D008134	Long-Term Care	Care over an extended period, usually for a chronic condition or disability, requiring periodic, intermittent, or continuous care.	Care, Long-Term,Long Term Care
D002410	Catholicism	The Christian faith, practice, or system of the Catholic Church, specifically the Roman Catholic, the Christian church that is characterized by a hierarchic structure of bishops and priests in which doctrinal and disciplinary authority are dependent upon apostolic succession, with the pope as head of the episcopal college. (From Webster, 3d ed; American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed)	Roman Catholic Ethics,Roman Catholicism,Roman Catholics,Catholic, Roman,Catholicism, Roman,Catholics, Roman,Ethic, Roman Catholic,Ethics, Roman Catholic,Roman Catholic,Roman Catholic Ethic
D003254	Consumer Advocacy	The promotion and support of consumers' rights and interests.	Public Advocacy,Advocacies, Consumer,Advocacies, Public,Advocacy, Consumer,Advocacy, Public,Consumer Advocacies,Public Advocacies
D006278	Medicare	Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)	Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18,Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled,Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18,Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
D006291	Health Policy	Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.	Health Care Policies,Health Policies,Healthcare Policy,National Health Policy,Care Policies, Health,Health Care Policy,Health Policy, National,Healthcare Policies,National Health Policies,Policies, Health,Policies, Health Care,Policies, Healthcare,Policy, Health,Policy, Health Care,Policy, Healthcare
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D012943	Social Security	Government sponsored social insurance programs.	Aid to the Blind,Aid to the Totally Disabled,Social Insurance,Aid to Totally Disabled Persons,Aid to Visually Impaired,Aid to Visually Impaired Persons,Insurance, Social,Security, Social
D012945	Social Values	Abstract standards or empirical variables in social life which are believed to be important and/or desirable.	Value Orientation,Values, Social,Value Orientations