Health Care

Group Practice

Any group of three or more full-time physicians organized in a legally recognized entity for the provision of health care services, sharing space, equipment, personnel and records for both patient care and business management, and who have a predetermined arrangement for the distribution of income.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Any group of three or more full-time physicians organized in a legally recognized entity for the provision of health care services, sharing space, equipment, personnel and records for both patient care and business management, and who have a predetermined arrangement for the distribution of income.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Group Practices
  • Practice, Group
  • Practices, Group

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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

coord IM with med or other specialty (IM); do not confuse with PARTNERSHIP PRACTICE but do not interpret: use word of text

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  1. N04w.452.758.244

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W 92

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Group Practice. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006123. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006123
  2. Group Practice. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70437600