Health Care

Community Hospitals

Institutions with permanent facilities and organized medical staff which provide the full range of hospital services primarily to a neighborhood area.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Institutions with permanent facilities and organized medical staff which provide the full range of hospital services primarily to a neighborhood area.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Community Hospital
  • Hospitals, Community
  • Hospital, Community

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

coord IM with special hosp (e.g., HOSPITALS, CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; etc.) or med specialty (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog

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History Note

73

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Previous Indexing

  • Community Health Services (1966-1972)
  • Hospitals (1966-1972)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N02.278w.421w.306w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Community Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006764. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006764
  2. Community Hospitals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_hospital
  3. Community Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5154967