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Descriptor English: Home Care Services
Descriptor Spanish: Servicios de Atención de Salud a Domicilio
Descriptor servicios de atención de salud en domicilio
Entry term(s) atención sanitaria domiciliaria
cuidado domiciliario
Scope note: Servicios de salud comunitaria y SERVICIOS DE ENFERMERÍA que proporcionan múltiples servicios coordinados de atención al paciente en su domicilio. Estos servicios de atención de salud a domicilio son proporcionados por una enfermera domiciliaria, agencias de atención domiciliaria, HOSPITALES, o grupos comunitarios organizados que utilizan personal profesional para la administración de cuidados. Difieren de la ATENCIÓN DOMICILIARIA NO PROFESIONAL, que es proporcionada por no profesionales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar
Descriptor French: Services de soins à domicile
Entry term(s): Care Services, Home
Care, Domiciliary
Care, Home
Domiciliary Care
Home Care
Home Care Service
Home Health Care
Service, Home Care
Services, Home Care
Tree number(s): N02.421.143.524
N02.421.539.089
SP2.840.052
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006699
Scope note: Community health and NURSING SERVICES providing coordinated multiple services to the patient at the patient's homes. These home-care services are provided by a visiting nurse, home health agencies, HOSPITALS, or organized community groups using professional staff for care delivery. It differs from HOME NURSING which is provided by non-professionals.
Annotation: coordinate with specific home care
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 67; was HOME CARE SERVICE 1966
Online Note: use HOME CARE SERVICES to search HOME CARE SERVICE 1966
History Note: 67; was HOME CARE SERVICE 1966
Entry Version: HOME CARE SERV
DeCS ID: 6856
Unique ID: D006699
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/12/07
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Home Care Services - Preferred
Concept UI M0010496
Scope note Community health and NURSING SERVICES providing coordinated multiple services to the patient at the patient's homes. These home-care services are provided by a visiting nurse, home health agencies, HOSPITALS, or organized community groups using professional staff for care delivery. It differs from HOME NURSING which is provided by non-professionals.
Preferred term Home Care Services
Entry term(s) Care Services, Home
Care, Domiciliary
Domiciliary Care
Home Care Service
Service, Home Care
Services, Home Care
Home Care - Broader
Concept UI M0389443
Scope note Care of a patient at home, by family members and/or health personnel. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Preferred term Home Care
Entry term(s) Care, Home
Home Health Care - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000733068
Preferred term Home Health Care



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