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Descriptor English: Wheelchairs
Descriptor Spanish: Silla de Ruedas
Descriptor sillas de ruedas
Scope note: Sillas o asientos montados sobre ruedas y diseñados para ser controlados o impulsados por el ocupante. La parte B de Medicare (seguro médico) cubre vehículos eléctricos (escúteres), andadores y sillas de ruedas como equipo médico duradero.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cadeiras de Rodas
Descriptor French: Fauteuils roulants
Entry term(s): Chair, Wheel
Chairs, Wheel
Wheel Chair
Wheel Chairs
Wheelchair
Tree number(s): E07.796.980
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014910
Scope note: Chairs or seating mounted on wheels and designed to be controlled or propelled by the occupant. Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers power-operated vehicles (scooters), walkers, and wheelchairs as durable medical equipment.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 76; was WHEEL CHAIRS 1963-75
Online Note: use WHEELCHAIRS to search WHEEL CHAIRS 1966-75
History Note: 76; was WHEEL CHAIRS 1963-75
DeCS ID: 15310
Unique ID: D014910
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/18
Revision Date: 1992/05/18
Wheelchairs - Preferred
Concept UI M0022969
Scope note Chairs or seating mounted on wheels and designed to be controlled or propelled by the occupant. Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers power-operated vehicles (scooters), walkers, and wheelchairs as durable medical equipment.
Preferred term Wheelchairs
Entry term(s) Chair, Wheel
Chairs, Wheel
Wheel Chair
Wheel Chairs
Wheelchair



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