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Descriptor English: Patient-Centered Care
Descriptor Spanish: Atención Dirigida al Paciente
Descriptor atención centrada en el paciente
Entry term(s) atención centrada en la persona
atención dirigida al paciente
cuidados de enfermería centrados en el paciente
enfermería centrada en el paciente
Scope note: Diseño de la atención al paciente en el que se organizan los recursos institucionales y de personal en torno a los pacientes y no a departamentos especializados. (Traducción libre del original: Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)
Descriptor Portuguese: Assistência Centrada no Paciente
Descriptor French: Soins centrés sur le patient
Entry term(s): Care, Patient-Centered
Care, Patient-Focused
Home, Medical
Homes, Medical
Medical Home
Medical Homes
Nursing, Patient Centered
Nursing, Patient-Centered
Patient Centered Care
Patient Centered Nursing
Patient Focused Care
Patient-Centered Nursing
Patient-Focused Care
Person-Centered Care
Tree number(s): N04.590.233.727.407
SP2.280.135
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018802
Scope note: Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)
Annotation: institutional & administrative management: do not confuse with PATIENT CARE PLANNING involving individual patient
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32094
Unique ID: D018802
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/07/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Patient-Centered Care - Preferred
Concept UI M0028151
Scope note Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)
Preferred term Patient-Centered Care
Entry term(s) Care, Patient-Centered
Patient Centered Care
Person-Centered Care
Nursing, Patient-Centered - Narrower
Concept UI M0028152
Preferred term Nursing, Patient-Centered
Entry term(s) Nursing, Patient Centered
Patient Centered Nursing
Patient-Centered Nursing
Patient-Focused Care - Broader
Concept UI M0028150
Preferred term Patient-Focused Care
Entry term(s) Care, Patient-Focused
Patient Focused Care
Medical Home - Narrower
Concept UI M0535099
Scope note Ongoing integrated provision of care and services focused on the needs of the individual including preventive, ambulatory, and acute hospital-based.
Preferred term Medical Home
Entry term(s) Home, Medical
Homes, Medical
Medical Homes



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