Health Care

Public Hospitals

Hospitals controlled by various types of government, i.e., city, county, district, state or federal.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Hospitals controlled by various types of government, i.e., city, county, district, state or federal.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Hospitals, Public
  • Hospital, Public
  • Public Hospital

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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

government-owned; coord IM with special hosp (e.g., HOSPITALS, CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; etc.) or med specialty (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog

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  1. N02.278w.421w.510w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Public Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006779. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006779
  2. Public Hospitals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_hospital
  3. Public Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7257872