NIH MeSH · D065326Health Care
Children's Health Insurance Program
Definition
Federal program, enacted in 1997, for the funding of children's health insurance coverage at the state level for low-income families, affording them effective protection against erosions in employer sponsored coverage.
MeSH classification
- N03.219.521.576.343.071
- N03.349.650.480.500
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Common questions about Children's Health Insurance Program
What does Children's Health Insurance Program mean in medicine?
Federal program, enacted in 1997, for the funding of children's health insurance coverage at the state level for low-income families, affording them effective protection against erosions in employer sponsored coverage. This definition is taken from the National Library of Medicine's MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) 2026 release, which is the standard vocabulary used to index PubMed and most medical literature.
Is Children's Health Insurance Program known by any other names?
Children's Health Insurance Program is the canonical name in the MeSH vocabulary. There are no commonly used alternate names for this concept in the official NIH database.
Where does Children's Health Insurance Program sit in the medical classification?
Children's Health Insurance Program falls under the broader medical category "Health Care" in the MeSH hierarchy (tree numbers: N03.219.521.576.343.071, N03.349.650.480.500). Browsing the related concepts on this page takes you to neighbouring topics in the same branch of medicine.
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D065326) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗