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Descriptor English: Homebound Persons
Descriptor Spanish: Personas Imposibilitadas
Descriptor personas recluidas en su casa
Entry term(s) personas confinadas
Scope note: Personas incapaces de salir de su casa sin un esfuerzo excepcional y sin ayuda; pacientes que reciben cuidados sanitarios en su hogar, incluidos tratamientos médicos y cuidados personales. Una persona se considera recluida en casa incluso aunque sea capaz de ausentarse de forma infrecuente y breve, si dichas ausencias no indican una capacidad para recibir asistencia sanitaria en una consulta profesional o un centro de salud. (Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988, p309)
Descriptor Portuguese: Pacientes Domiciliares
Descriptor French: Personnes dépendantes à domicile
Entry term(s): Home Bound Persons
Home-Bound Person
Home-Bound Persons
Homebound Person
House Bound Persons
House-Bound Person
House-Bound Persons
Person, Home-Bound
Person, Homebound
Person, House-Bound
Persons, Home-Bound
Persons, Homebound
Persons, House-Bound
Shut Ins
Shut-In
Shut-Ins
Tree number(s): M01.276
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018577
Scope note: Those unable to leave home without exceptional effort and support; patients (in this condition) who are provided with or are eligible for home health services, including medical treatment and personal care. Persons are considered homebound even if they may be infrequently and briefly absent from home if these absences do not indicate an ability to receive health care in a professional's office or health care facility. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988, p309)
Annotation: IM; homebound elderly: coord IM with AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER or FRAIL ELDERLY (IM) only when aged is point of article
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Disabled (1983-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32193
Unique ID: D018577
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Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/06
Revision Date: 2001/07/25
Homebound Persons - Preferred
Concept UI M0027845
Scope note Those unable to leave home without exceptional effort and support; patients (in this condition) who are provided with or are eligible for home health services, including medical treatment and personal care. Persons are considered homebound even if they may be infrequently and briefly absent from home if these absences do not indicate an ability to receive health care in a professional's office or health care facility. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988, p309)
Preferred term Homebound Persons
Entry term(s) Home Bound Persons
Home-Bound Person
Home-Bound Persons
Homebound Person
House Bound Persons
House-Bound Person
House-Bound Persons
Person, Home-Bound
Person, Homebound
Person, House-Bound
Persons, Home-Bound
Persons, Homebound
Persons, House-Bound
Shut Ins
Shut-In
Shut-Ins



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