Health Care

Isolation Hospitals

Hospitals designed or used to isolate or quarantine persons with communicable diseases.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Hospitals designed or used to isolate or quarantine persons with communicable diseases.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Hospitals, Isolation
  • Hospital, Isolation
  • Isolation Hospital
  • Lazarettos
  • Stations, Quarantine
  • Lazaretto
  • Quarantine Station
  • Quarantine Stations
  • Station, Quarantine

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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

coordinate with hospital ownership term (e.g., HOSPITALS, COUNTY); specify geographic location if pertinent

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History Note

2009

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Previous Indexing

  • Hospitals, Special (1966-2008)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Isolation Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055819. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055819
  2. Isolation Hospitals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever_hospital
  3. Isolation Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70443541