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Descriptor English: Intermediate Care Facilities
Descriptor Spanish: Instituciones de Cuidados Intermedios
Descriptor centros sanitarios intermedios
Scope note: Instituciones que ofrecen cuidados y servicios de salud para personas que no precisan el nivel de cuidados de un hospital o de enfermería especializada pero que, por razón de sus condiciones físicas o mentales, requieren cuidados y servicios además de alojamiento y alimentación.
Descriptor Portuguese: Instituições para Cuidados Intermediários
Descriptor French: Établissements de soins continus
Entry term(s): Care Facilities, Intermediate
Care Facility, Intermediate
Facilities, Intermediate Care
Facility, Intermediate Care
Intermediate Care Facility
Tree number(s): N02.278.825.610.480
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007380
Scope note: Institutions which provide health-related care and services to individuals who do not require the degree of care which hospitals or skilled nursing facilities provide, but because of their physical or mental condition require care and services above the level of room and board.
Annotation: intermediate = not requiring degree of care provided by hosp or skilled nurs facility
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: Nursing Homes (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under NURSING HOMES 1979-90
History Note: 91(79); was see under NURSING HOMES 1979-90
DeCS ID: 7545
Unique ID: D007380
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/08
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Intermediate Care Facilities - Preferred
Concept UI M0011511
Scope note Institutions which provide health-related care and services to individuals who do not require the degree of care which hospitals or skilled nursing facilities provide, but because of their physical or mental condition require care and services above the level of room and board.
Preferred term Intermediate Care Facilities
Entry term(s) Care Facilities, Intermediate
Care Facility, Intermediate
Facilities, Intermediate Care
Facility, Intermediate Care
Intermediate Care Facility



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