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Descriptor English: After-Hours Care
Descriptor Spanish: Atención Posterior
Descriptor atención después de las horas de trabajo
Entry term(s) cooperativa de médicos
Scope note: Atención médica que se presta después del horario de práctica regular de los médicos. Por lo general está diseñada para prestar una cobertura de atención al paciente de 24 horas al día los 365 días del año en relación con las urgencias, clasificación del paciente, atención pediátrica o atención en un centro de cuidados paliativos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Plantão Médico
Descriptor French: Permanence des soins
Entry term(s): After Hours Care
Cooperatives, Practitioner
Medical Care, Out-of-Hours
Out of Hours Medical Care
Out-of-Hours Medical Care
Practitioner Cooperative
Practitioner Cooperatives
Tree number(s): N04.590.374.034
N05.300.049
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D039602
Scope note: Medical care provided after the regular daily practice schedule of the physicians. Usually it is designed to deliver 24-hour-a-day and 365 day-a-year patient care coverage for emergencies, triage, pediatric care, and hospice care.
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
Previous Indexing: Emergency Medical Services (1991-2002)
Telephone (1991-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Related: Night Care MeSH
DeCS ID: 37746
Unique ID: D039602
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2017/06/30
After-Hours Care - Preferred
Concept UI M0419351
Scope note Medical care provided after the regular daily practice schedule of the physicians. Usually it is designed to deliver 24-hour-a-day and 365 day-a-year patient care coverage for emergencies, triage, pediatric care, and hospice care.
Preferred term After-Hours Care
Entry term(s) After Hours Care
Medical Care, Out-of-Hours
Out of Hours Medical Care
Out-of-Hours Medical Care
Practitioner Cooperative - Broader
Concept UI M000630597
Scope note Arrangements to provide healthcare after usual office hours.
Preferred term Practitioner Cooperative
Entry term(s) Cooperatives, Practitioner
Practitioner Cooperatives



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