Community-Based Health Insurance (also known as Community Based Health Insurance, Community-Based Health Insurances): Low-cost HEALTH INSURANCE in which community, cooperative, mutual, and/or self-help resources are pooled to mitigate health risks and cover health care services in full or in part.

NIH MeSH · D000080051Health Care

Community-Based Health Insurance

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Definition

Low-cost HEALTH INSURANCE in which community, cooperative, mutual, and/or self-help resources are pooled to mitigate health risks and cover health care services in full or in part.

MeSH classification

  • N03.219.521.576.343.108

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Common questions about Community-Based Health Insurance

What does Community-Based Health Insurance mean in medicine?
Low-cost HEALTH INSURANCE in which community, cooperative, mutual, and/or self-help resources are pooled to mitigate health risks and cover health care services in full or in part. 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 Community-Based Health Insurance known by any other names?
Yes. Community-Based Health Insurance is also referred to as Community Based Health Insurance, Community-Based Health Insurances, Health Insurance, Community-Based, Health Insurances, Community-Based in different clinical, research and patient-facing contexts. The MeSH descriptor groups all of these synonyms under a single canonical concept so research and records stay consistent.
Where does Community-Based Health Insurance sit in the medical classification?
Community-Based Health Insurance falls under the broader medical category "Health Care" in the MeSH hierarchy (tree numbers: N03.219.521.576.343.108). 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 (D000080051) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗