Health Care

Rural Hospitals

Hospitals located in a rural area.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Hospitals located in a rural area.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Hospitals, Rural
  • Hospital, Rural
  • Rural 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 special hosp or med specialty (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog

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History Note

91(86); was see under HOSPITALS 1986-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Hospitals (1966-1985)
  • Rural Health (1966-1985)
  • Rural Population (1968-1985)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N02.278w.421w.518

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Rural Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006780. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006780
  2. Rural Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61451856