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Process Assessment, Health Care MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Process Assessment, Health Care
Tree Number(s)
N04.761.559.650
N05.715.360.575.625
Unique ID
D017064
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017064
Annotation
note category; process only: for outcome assessment with process assessment, OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE) is available
Scope Note
An evaluation procedure that focuses on how care is delivered, based on the premise that there are standards of performance for activities undertaken in delivering patient care, in which the specific actions taken, events occurring, and human interactions are compared with accepted standards.
Entry Term(s)
Assessment, Process
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Process Measures
Previous Indexing
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) (1979-1991)
Public MeSH Note
2020; was PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE) 1992-2019; see OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE) 1979-1991
History Note
2020 (1992); was PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE) 1992-2019; use OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE) 1979-1991
Date Established
1992/01/01
Date of Entry
1991/06/20
Revision Date
2019/01/18
Process Assessment, Health Care Preferred
Process Measures Related
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