Health Care

Special Hospitals

Hospitals which provide care for a single category of illness with facilities and staff directed toward a specific service.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Hospitals which provide care for a single category of illness with facilities and staff directed toward a specific service.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Narrower headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

See Also

MeSH Record

Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Hospitals, Special
  • Special Hospital
  • Hospital, Special

MeSH Record

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.

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with medical specialty & hospital ownership term (e.g., HOSPITALS, COUNTY) (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geographic location if pertinent; sanatoria & sanitaria (often used interchangeably) can go here but consider also HEALTH RESORTS; note SANITARIA, TUBERCULOSIS see HOSPITALS, CHRONIC DISEASE is available

MeSH Record

History Note

68

MeSH Record

Previous Indexing

  • Hospitals (1966-1967)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N02.278w.421w.556

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Special Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006782. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006782
  2. Special Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1391390