Health Care

Hospitals

Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.

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1 entry terms
  • Hospital

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7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, ethics, history, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

/legis = LEGISLATION, HOSPITAL or HOSPITALS (IM) + JURISPRUDENCE (IM); note specific hosp depts & specific types of hosp available; hosp admission, discharge & readmiss are available as PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE & PATIENT READMISSION (see notes under each); specify geog: Manual 36.19

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  1. N02.278w.421w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006761. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006761
  2. Hospitals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital
  3. Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16917