Biomaterial Database

Home dialysis in New York State. 1977

H Bochner

A description of New York State's program for providing assistance to patients on home dialysis. This program, which antedates the Medicare benefits provided under P.L. 92-603, Section 299I, was designated a Medicare provider in September 1975. Through its program, the Institute is able to provide home dialysis patients in the State with equipment, supplies and medications at a savings to the payors of these services, and presents a viable alternative to in-center dialysis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007348	Insurance, Health	Insurance providing coverage of medical, surgical, or hospital care in general or for which there is no specific heading.	Group Health Insurance,Health Insurance,Health Insurance, Voluntary,Health Insurance, Group,Health Insurances,Insurance, Group Health,Insurance, Voluntary Health,Insurances, Health,Voluntary Health Insurance
D008483	Medical Assistance	Financing of medical care provided to public assistance recipients.	Assistance, Medical
D009518	New York	State bounded on the north by Lake Ontario and Canada, on the east by Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and on the west by Pennsylvania, Lake Erie, and Canada.
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
D006437	Hemodialysis, Home	Long-term maintenance hemodialysis in the home.	Home Hemodialysis,Renal Dialysis, Home,Dialyses, Home Renal,Dialysis, Home Renal,Hemodialyses, Home,Home Hemodialyses,Home Renal Dialyses,Home Renal Dialysis,Renal Dialyses, Home
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man