Health Care

Skilled Nursing Facilities

Extended care facilities which provide skilled nursing care or rehabilitation services for inpatients on a daily basis.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Extended care facilities which provide skilled nursing care or rehabilitation services for inpatients on a daily basis.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Extended Care Facilities
  • Facilities, Skilled Nursing
  • Nursing Facilities, Skilled
  • Care Facilities, Extended
  • Care Facility, Extended
  • Extended Care Facility
  • Facilities, Extended Care
  • Facility, Extended Care
  • Facility, Skilled Nursing
  • Nursing Facility, Skilled
  • Skilled Nursing Facility

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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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History Note

79; was EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES 1968-78

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Previous Indexing

  • Hospitals (1966-1967)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Skilled Nursing Facilities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012866. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012866
  2. Skilled Nursing Facilities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70452410