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Therapeutics > Patient Care > Episode of Care
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Episode of Care

Preferred term

Episode of Care  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Care Episode
  • Care Episodes
  • Episode, Patient Care
  • Episodes of Care
  • Episodes, Patient Care
  • Patient Care Episode
  • Patient Care Episodes

Scope note

  • An interval of care by a health care facility or provider for a specific medical problem or condition. It may be continuous or it may consist of a series of intervals marked by one or more brief separations from care, and can also identify the sequence of care (e.g., emergency, inpatient, outpatient), thus serving as one measure of health care provided.

History note

  • 92

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017050

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