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Descriptor English: Mobile Health Units
Descriptor Spanish: Unidades Móviles de Salud
Descriptor unidades móviles sanitarias
Scope note: Instalaciones movibles o portátiles en las que se proporcionan servicios diagnósticos y terapéuticos a la comunidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Unidades Móveis de Saúde
Descriptor French: Unités sanitaires mobiles
Entry term(s): Clinic, Mobile
Clinics, Mobile
Field Hospital
Field Hospitals
Health Unit, Mobile
Health Units, Mobile
Health Van, Mobile
Health Vans, Mobile
Hospital, Field
Hospital, Mobile
Hospitals, Field
Hospitals, Mobile
Mobile Clinic
Mobile Clinics
Mobile Health Unit
Mobile Health Van
Mobile Health Vans
Mobile Hospital
Mobile Hospitals
Unit, Mobile Health
Units, Mobile Health
Van, Mobile Health
Vans, Mobile Health
Tree number(s): N02.278.421.702
N02.421.726.233.628
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008952
Scope note: Movable or portable facilities in which diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided to the community.
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
Previous Indexing: Health Facilities (1968-1969)
Public MeSH Note: 1970; FIELD HOSPITALS was a heading 2013
History Note: 1970
DeCS ID: 9142
Unique ID: D008952
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Mobile Health Units - Preferred
Concept UI M0013966
Scope note Movable or portable facilities in which diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided to the community.
Preferred term Mobile Health Units
Entry term(s) Health Unit, Mobile
Health Units, Mobile
Mobile Health Unit
Unit, Mobile Health
Units, Mobile Health
Mobile Clinics - Narrower
Concept UI M0581821
Preferred term Mobile Clinics
Entry term(s) Clinic, Mobile
Clinics, Mobile
Mobile Clinic
Mobile Health Vans - Narrower
Concept UI M0585305
Preferred term Mobile Health Vans
Entry term(s) Health Van, Mobile
Health Vans, Mobile
Mobile Health Van
Van, Mobile Health
Vans, Mobile Health
Field Hospitals - Narrower
Concept UI M0561950
Scope note Mobile, self-contained, self-sufficient health care facilities capable of rapid deployment and expansion or contraction to meet immediate emergency requirements for a specified period of time.
Preferred term Field Hospitals
Entry term(s) Field Hospital
Hospital, Field
Hospital, Mobile
Hospitals, Field
Hospitals, Mobile
Mobile Hospital
Mobile Hospitals



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