Hill-Burton Act

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Hill-Burton Act,

a 1946 amendment to the U.S. Public Health Service Act authorizing grants to states for surveying their hospital and public health center needs and for planning and constructing additional facilities. Subsequent amendments authorized federal funding for as much as two thirds of the cost of construction projects and broadened the scope of the legislation to include diagnostic and treatment centers, long-term treatment centers, and nursing homes and to aid in modernization of existing hospitals. Also called Hospital Survey and Construction Act.

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Hospital Survey and Construction Act			When the Hill-Burton Act of 1946 stimulated the building of hospitals with an inadequate supply of nurses, WNA developed refresher nursing courses to encourage inactive nurses to return to practice. Wisconsin's early nurse practice acts by Anderson, Joyce Esser / STAT Bulletin Most rural hospitals," Poore notes, "were built in the '40s under the Hill-Burton Act," when the federal government pumped huge amounts of money into hospital construction. How a hospital had to heal itself: though rated one of the state's ... by Martin, Edward / Business North Carolina Under the 1946 Hill-Burton Act, the federal government subsidized the construction of nonprofit hospitals on condition that those hospitals would treat patients who lacked insurance and could not afford to pay for health care. Disappointing follow-up by Henderson, David R. / Regulation			high-yield procedure higher multiple highest intercostal vein Highland highland moccasin Highlands J virus highly active antiretroviral therapy highly complex test highly toxic Highmore's body Higoumenakia sign Hijra hiking gait hila hilar hilar echo Hilaria Hilgenreiner's line hilitis Hill Hill operation hill sickness Hill sign Hill's equation Hill's sign Hill-Burton Act Hill-Burton programs hillock Hilton's law Hilton's white line hilum hilum of the lung hilum overlay sign hilus hilus cell HIM Himalayan Himalayan cedar hinchazon Hinchey staging system hind hind kidney hindbrain hindfoot hindgut hindlimb hindmilk hindquarter hindwater hinge hinge axis			Hill, Benny Hill, Benny Hill, Benny Hill, Damon Hill, Damon Hill, Damon Hill, Daniel Harvey Hill, David Bennett Hill, David Jayne Hill, David Octavius Hill, Fanny Hill, George William Hill, J. Lister Hill, James J Hill, James J. Hill, James Jerome Hill, Joe Hill, Joe or Joseph Hillstrom Hill, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill, Oliver White, Sr. Hill, Patty Smith Hill, Sir Rowland Hill, Sir Rowland Hill, Sir Rowland Hill, Susan Hill, William hill-and-dale recording Hill-Annex Mine State Park Hill-Burton Act Hill-Burton programs hill-climber hill-climbers Hill-climbing Hill-climbing Hill-climbing algorithm Hill-climbing optimization Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. Hill-Start Assist Control Hill-walking Hilla Hilla Hilla, al- Hillah Hillah Hillaire Belloc Hillaire Belloc Hillandale Volunteer Fire Department Hillary Hillary Hillary Clinton for President Hillary Diane Rodham Hillary Diane Rodham Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton Hillary Obama United Not Divided Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton Support Network

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