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Descriptor English: Nursing Homes
Descriptor Spanish: Casas de Salud
Descriptor residencias geriátricas
Scope note: Instituciones que ofrecen supervisión de enfermería y asistencia médica limitada a personas que no requieren hospitalización.
Descriptor Portuguese: Casas de Saúde
Descriptor French: Maisons de repos
Entry term(s): Home, Nursing
Homes, Nursing
Nursing Home
Tree number(s): N02.278.825.610
VS3.002.010.005
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009735
Scope note: Facilities which provide nursing supervision and limited medical care to persons who do not require hospitalization.
Annotation: nursing homes for the aged: coordinate with HOMES FOR THE AGED
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
Entry Version: NURS HOMES
DeCS ID: 9919
Unique ID: D009735
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: 2016/06/23
Nursing Homes - Preferred
Concept UI M0015103
Scope note Facilities which provide nursing supervision and limited medical care to persons who do not require hospitalization.
Preferred term Nursing Homes
Entry term(s) Home, Nursing
Homes, Nursing
Nursing Home



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