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Descriptor English: Certificate of Need
Descriptor Spanish: Certificado de Necesidades
Descriptor certificado de necesidades
Entry term(s) certificado de necesidades de la atención sanitaria
plan de necesidades
Scope note: Certificado emitido por una corporación gubernamental a una organización o individuo, interesada en construir o modificar una institución de salud, u ofrecer nuevos o diferentes servicios. También se incluye el proceso de emitir la certificación.
Descriptor Portuguese: Certificado de Necessidades
Descriptor French: Certificat de nécessité
Entry term(s): Need Certificate
Need Certificates
Need Certification, Health Care
Tree number(s): N03.349.650.120
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002567
Scope note: A certificate issued by a governmental body to an individual or organization proposing to construct or modify a health facility, or to offer a new or different service. The process of issuing the certificate is also included.
Annotation: regional or area needs, not personal or financial need; specify geog
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING Aug 1977-90
History Note: 91(Aug 77); was see under REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING 1977-90
DeCS ID: 2607
Unique ID: D002567
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/12
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Certificate of Need - Preferred
Concept UI M0003921
Scope note A certificate issued by a governmental body to an individual or organization proposing to construct or modify a health facility, or to offer a new or different service. The process of issuing the certificate is also included.
Preferred term Certificate of Need
Entry term(s) Need Certificate
Need Certificates
Need Certification, Health Care - Broader
Concept UI M0003922
Preferred term Need Certification, Health Care



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