Sources of support available to an individual in addition to his regular earned or unearned income. Generally resources refer to an individual’s wealth or property (including cash savings, stocks and bonds, a home, other real estate, the cash value of life insurance, an automobile or jewelry which could be converted to cash if necessary. Existing programs for the poor generally set a limit on the total amount of resources an individual or family may have and still be eligible. Most existing resource tests exempt a home of reasonable value, on the basis that it would not be reasonable to require selling a home to qualify for benefits. Also used to mean the providers, institutions, health manpower and facilities used for provision of health services in the total health care system.