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Descriptor English: Length of Stay
Descriptor Spanish: Tiempo de Internación
Descriptor duración de estancia hospitalaria
Entry term(s) estancia media
tiempo de internación
tiempo de internamiento
Scope note: Duración de la estancia de un paciente en un hospital u otro centro sanitario.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tempo de Internação
Descriptor French: Durée du séjour
Entry term(s): Hospital Stay
Hospital Stays
Stay Length
Stay Lengths
Stay, Hospital
Stays, Hospital
Tree number(s): E02.760.400.480
N02.421.585.400.480
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007902
Scope note: The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Hospitalization (1966-1968)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(69)
DeCS ID: 8079
Unique ID: D007902
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Length of Stay - Preferred
Concept UI M0012343
Scope note The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.
Preferred term Length of Stay
Entry term(s) Stay Length
Stay Lengths
Hospital Stay - Narrower
Concept UI M0569233
Scope note The period of confinement of a patient to a health facility.
Preferred term Hospital Stay
Entry term(s) Hospital Stays
Stay, Hospital
Stays, Hospital



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