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MeSH Heading: Hospital Bed Capacity
Tree Number(s): N02.278.306.472
Unique ID: D006742
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006742
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specific capacity; specify geographic location; do not confuse with BED OCCUPANCY which is for actual number of beds occupied
Scope Note: The number of beds which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use.
Entry Version: HOSP BED CAPAC
Entry Term(s): Bed Capacities, Hospital; Bed Capacity, Hospital; Bed Size; Bed Size, Hospital; Bed Sizes; Bed Sizes, Hospital; Capacities, Hospital Bed; Capacity, Hospital Bed; Hospital Bed Size; Hospital Bed Sizes; Size, Bed; Size, Hospital Bed; Sizes, Bed; Sizes, Hospital Bed
NLM Classification #: WX 140
Previous Indexing: Health Facility Size (1968-1974)
See Also: Bed Occupancy
Public MeSH Note: 78; was see under HEALTH FACILITY SIZE 1968-77
Online Note: search HEALTH FACILITY SIZE 1968-74
History Note: 78(75); was see under HEALTH FACILITY SIZE 1968-77
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Concept UI: M0010559
Scope Note: The number of beds which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use.
Terms: Hospital Bed Capacity Preferred Term
Term UI T020349
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); Bed Size, Hospital
Term UI T020355
Date05/01/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Bed Capacities, Hospital
Term UI T020345
Date10/03/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Capacities, Hospital Bed
Term UI T020346
Date10/03/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Capacity, Hospital Bed
Term UI T020347
Date10/03/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Size, Hospital Bed
Term UI T020353
Date10/03/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Bed Sizes, Hospital
Term UI T020350
Date10/03/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Hospital Bed Size
Term UI T020351
Date05/01/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Hospital Bed Sizes
Term UI T020352
Date10/03/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Sizes, Hospital Bed
Term UI T020354
Date10/03/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Bed Capacity, Hospital
Term UI T020348
Date05/11/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

Concept UI: M0010560
Terms: Bed Size Preferred Term
Term UI T020356
Date05/01/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Size, Bed
Term UI T020358
Date10/03/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Sizes, Bed
Term UI T020359
Date10/03/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Bed Sizes
Term UI T020357
Date05/01/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

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