Category: C

In the Federal budget, a resolution passed by both Houses of Congress, but not requiring the signature of the President, setting forth, reaffirming, or revising the Congressional budget for the United States government for a fiscal year. There are two such resolutions that must be completed each year: the first concurrent resolution by May 15,…

Used in connection with coverage under proposed national health insurance or other health insurance plans which require coverage to be offered or taken. A plan may be compulsory only for an employer (coverage must be offered to employees and a specified portion of the premium paid, if they opt to take it) or for individuals…

Health planning which encompasses all factors and programs which impact on people’s health. Federally assisted CHP was done on a geographic basis by areawide and State CHP agencies which had authority to concern themselves with environmental and occupational health, health education, and personal health behavior as well as medical resources and services. CHP was initiated…

The present administration’s national health insurance proposal submitted in 1974 to Congress and introduced as H.R. 12684. The proposal was not resubmitted in 1975 because of the President’s moratorium on new spending programs. The plan would provide all citizens with identical benefits but does so through three separate plans with varying administration, financing and cost…

A collection of information about drugs. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, standards for strength, quality, and purity of drugs are those which are set forth in one of the three official compendia: the United States Pharmacopeia, the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States, the National Formulary, or any supplement to any of…

A provision in Medicare specifying that the reasonable charge for a service may not be higher charges payable for comparable services insured under comparable circumstance by a carrier for its non-Medicare beneficiaries.  

A method of establishing premiums for health insurance in which the premium is based on the average cost of actual or anticipated health care used by all subscribers in a specific geographic area or industry and does not vary for different groups or subgroups of subscribers or with such variables as the group’s claims experience,…

Variously defined synonymously with community health care, public health, preventive medicine, or primary care. The study of medical practice which examines groups of people and the health of the community, including housing, pollution and other environmental factors. The branch of medicine concerned with assessing needs and trends in health and disease of populations as distinct…

A community (State, county or city) health system for delivering medical care to the poor. Started by OEO in the early 1970’s, the program was transferred to HEW and has now become part of the community health center program. A (UN usually consisted of several, centrally managed community or neighborhood health centers with necessary back-up…

An ambulatory health care program usually serving a catchment area with scarce or non-existent health services or a population with special health needs. Often known as neighborhood health centers. Grant support for such centers was originally provided on a research and demonstration basis from the Community Action Program of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Subsequently,…