Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Department of Health and Human Services
Im US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (externer Link) sind die Zuständigkeiten der Bundesregierung für das Gesundheitswesen gebündelt. Dem Department sind die folgenden, zum Teil sehr großen Einrichtungen unterstellt:
- Office of the Secretary (OS);
- Administration for Children & Families (ACF);
- Administration on Aging (AoA);
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ);
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS);
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA);
- Health Resources & Service Administration (HRSA);
- Indian Health Service (IHS);
- National Institutes of Health (NIH);
- Office of Inspector General (OIG);
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMASA).
Quelle [09.01.2011]
Ein Gesundheitsministerium des Bundes, heute US Department of Health and Human Service, wurde erstmals 1953 gegründet, doch reicht die Geschichte von Public Health in Amerika bis ins 18. Jh. zurück. Einzelheiten zur Geschichte siehe:
Williams, R. (1951): The United State Public Health Service 1798-1950. Assoc. of the US Public Health Service, Washington D.C.
Fee, E. (1994): Public Health and the State: the United States. In: Porter, D. (ed.): The History of Public Health and the Modern State. (The Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine) Rodopi, Amsterdam; Seiten 224-275.
US Department of Health and Human Services (2009): Historical Highlights. Online Version [09.01.2011].
