Health Care

Maternity Hospitals

Special hospitals which provide care to women during pregnancy and parturition.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Special hospitals which provide care to women during pregnancy and parturition.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Hospitals, Maternity
  • Hospital, Maternity
  • Maternity Hospital

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Aspects Covered

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

coord IM with hosp ownership term (e.g., HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; etc.) (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog; check also tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY

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History Note

91(75); was see under HOSPITALS, SPECIAL 1975-90

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N02.278w.421w.556.366w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Maternity Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006771. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006771
  2. Maternity Hospitals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternity_hospital
  3. Maternity Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q958822