Health Care

Hospital Units

Those areas of the hospital organization not considered departments which provide specialized patient care. They include various hospital special care wards.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Those areas of the hospital organization not considered departments which provide specialized patient care. They include various hospital special care wards.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Hospital Unit
  • Unit, Hospital
  • Units, Hospital

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10 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

special care wards go here or specific unit; consider also PATIENTS' ROOMS & see X refs there

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History Note

74; WARDS, HOSPITAL was see under HOSPITAL UNITS 1974-78

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  1. N02.278w.388

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Units. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006757. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006757
  2. Hospital Units. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70450529