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Descriptor English: Hospitals, General
Descriptor Spanish: Hospitales Generales
Descriptor hospitales generales
Entry term(s) hospital general
Scope note: Hospitales grandes con personal médico residente que presta atención continuada a pacientes médicos, quirúrgicos y de maternidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hospitais Gerais
Descriptor French: Hôpitaux généraux
Entry term(s): General Hospital
General Hospitals
Hospital, General
Tree number(s): N02.278.421.389
VS3.002.001.008
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006769
Scope note: Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients.
Annotation: coord IM with hosp ownership term (e.g., HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; etc.) (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Hospitals (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Entry Version: HOSP GENERAL
DeCS ID: 6925
Unique ID: D006769
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Hospitals, General - Preferred
Concept UI M0010598
Scope note Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients.
Preferred term Hospitals, General
Entry term(s) General Hospital
General Hospitals
Hospital, General



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