Activities concerned with governmental policies, functions, etc.

The complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out in a specific political unit.

Federal, state, or local government organized methods of financial assistance.

The level of governmental organization and function at the national or country-wide level.

Smallest political subdivisions within a country at which general governmental functions are carried-out.

Exercise of governmental authority to control conduct.

Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.

Time period from 1901 through 2000 of the common era.

Administrative units of government responsible for policy making and management of governmental activities.

The decision process by which individuals, groups or institutions establish policies pertaining to plans, programs or procedures.

A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions.

Agencies of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT of the United States.

Programs and activities sponsored or administered by local, state, or national governments.

Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.

The units based on political theory and chosen by countries under which their governmental power is organized and administered to their citizens.

Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.

Time period from 1801 through 1900 of the common era.

The term "United States" in a medical context often refers to the country where a patient or study participant resides, and is not a medical term per se, but relevant for epidemiological studies, healthcare policies, and understanding differences in disease prevalence, treatment patterns, and health outcomes across various geographic locations.

Decisions for determining and guiding present and future objectives from among alternatives.

The level of governmental organization and function below that of the national or country-wide government.

A system of government in which means of production and distribution of goods are controlled by the state.

'History of Medicine' is a branch of knowledge that deals with the evolution, development, and progression of healthcare practices, medical theories, institutions, and personalities from ancient times to the present.

Process of shifting publicly controlled services and/or facilities to the private sector.

Reorganization of the hospital corporate structure.