| D008007 |
Licensure, Medical |
The granting of a license to practice medicine. |
Medical Licensure |
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| D009726 |
Nurses |
Professionals qualified by graduation from an accredited school of nursing and by passage of a national licensing examination to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health. |
Nursing Personnel,Personnel, Nursing,Registered Nurses,Nurse,Nurse, Registered,Nurses, Registered,Registered Nurse |
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| D010820 |
Physicians |
Individuals licensed to practice medicine. |
Physician |
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| D011203 |
Poverty |
A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level. |
Federal Poverty Level,Federal Poverty Threshold,Indigency,Low-Income Population,Absolute Poverty,Extreme Poverty,Indigents,Low Income Population,Federal Poverty Levels,Indigent,Level, Federal Poverty,Low Income Populations,Low-Income Populations,Population, Low Income,Population, Low-Income,Poverty Level, Federal,Poverty Threshold, Federal,Poverty, Absolute,Poverty, Extreme |
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| D003153 |
Community Health Services |
Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health services provided for individuals in the community. |
Community Health Care,Community Healthcare,Health Services, Community,Services, Community Health,Community Health Service,Health Care, Community,Health Service, Community,Healthcare, Community,Service, Community Health |
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| D003815 |
Dentists |
Individuals licensed to practice DENTISTRY. |
Dentists, Pediatric,Dentists, Prosthetic,Dentists, Restorative,Periodontists,Prosthodontists,Dentist,Dentist, Pediatric,Dentist, Prosthetic,Dentist, Restorative,Pediatric Dentist,Pediatric Dentists,Periodontist,Prosthetic Dentist,Prosthetic Dentists,Prosthodontist,Restorative Dentist,Restorative Dentists |
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| 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 |
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| D006280 |
Health Workforce |
The availability of HEALTH PERSONNEL. It includes the demand and recruitment of both professional and allied health personnel, their present and future supply and distribution, and their assignment and utilization. |
Health Manpower,Health Occupations Manpower,Manpower, Health,Manpower, Health Occupations,Workforce, Health |
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| D006281 |
Health Occupations |
Professions or other business activities directed to the cure and prevention of disease. For occupations of medical personnel who are not physicians but who are working in the fields of medical technology, physical therapy, etc., ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS is available. |
Health Professions,Health Occupation,Health Profession,Profession, Health,Professions, Health |
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| D006761 |
Hospitals |
Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients. |
Hospital |
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