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Therapeutics > Patient Care > Subacute Care
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Subacute Care

Preferred term

Subacute Care  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Care, Post-acute
  • Care, Postacute
  • Care, Sub-Acute
  • Post acute Care
  • Post-acute Care
  • Postacute Care
  • Sub Acute Care
  • Sub-Acute Care

Scope note

  • Medical and skilled nursing services provided to patients who are not in an acute phase of an illness but who require a level of care higher than that provided in a long-term care setting. (JCAHO, Lexikon, 1994)

History note

  • 97

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019467

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