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Descriptor English: Hospitalization
Descriptor Spanish: Hospitalización
Descriptor hospitalización
Entry term(s) estancia hospitalaria nocturna
ingreso hospitalario
internación hospitalaria
internamiento hospitalario
Scope note: Internación de un paciente en un hospital.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hospitalização
Descriptor French: Hospitalisation
Entry term(s): Hospitalizations
Tree number(s): E02.760.400
N02.421.585.400
VS3.003.001.002
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006760
Scope note: The confinement of a patient in a hospital.
Annotation: being in a hosp or being placed in a hosp: do not confuse with PATIENT ADMISSION or PATIENT READMISSION
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Related: Child, Hospitalized MeSH
Institutionalization MeSH
Length of Stay MeSH
Patient Discharge MeSH
DeCS ID: 6916
Unique ID: D006760
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Hospitalization - Preferred
Concept UI M0010589
Scope note The confinement of a patient in a hospital.
Preferred term Hospitalization
Entry term(s) Hospitalizations



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