Health Care

Certificate of Need

A certificate issued by a governmental body to an individual or organization proposing to construct or modify a health facility, or to offer a new or different service. The process of issuing the certificate is also included.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A certificate issued by a governmental body to an individual or organization proposing to construct or modify a health facility, or to offer a new or different service. The process of issuing the certificate is also included.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Need Certificate
  • Need Certificates
  • Need Certification, Health Care

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

regional or area needs, not personal or financial need; specify geog

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History Note

91(Aug 77); was see under REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING 1977-90

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Tree Number

  1. N03w.349.650.120w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Certificate of Need. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002567. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002567
  2. Certificate of Need. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_need
  3. Certificate of Need. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5065108