Health Care

General Hospitals

Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Hospitals, General
  • General Hospital
  • Hospital, General

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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 hosp ownership term (e.g., HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; etc.) (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog

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History Note

68

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Previous Indexing

  • Hospitals (1966-1967)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N02.278w.421w.389w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. General Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006769. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006769
  2. General Hospitals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_hospital
  3. General Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2440002