Health Care

Patient Discharge Summaries

Summaries that serve as the primary documents communicating a patient's care plan to the post-hospital care team.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Summaries that serve as the primary documents communicating a patient's care plan to the post-hospital care team.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Discharge Summaries, Patient
  • Discharge Summary, Patient
  • Patient Discharge Summary
  • Summaries, Patient Discharge
  • Summary, Patient Discharge

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2014

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Tree Numbers

  1. N04w.452.859.564w.725
  2. N05.715w.360.300w.715.500w.665
  3. N06.850w.520w.308w.940.968w.750

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Patient Discharge Summaries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D063886. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D063886
  2. Patient Discharge Summaries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70438562