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MeSH Heading: Subacute Care
Tree Number(s): E02.760.850; N02.421.585.850
Unique ID: D019467
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019467
Scope Note: Medical and skilled nursing services provided to patients who are not in an acute phase of an illness but who require a level of care higher than that provided in a long-term care setting. (JCAHO, Lexikon, 1994)
Entry Term(s): Post-acute Care; Postacute Care; Sub-Acute Care
Previous Indexing: Long-Term Care (1993-1996); Progressive Patient Care (1993-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/13
Revision Date: 2016/03/09

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

organization & administration (OG)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M0028958
Scope Note: Medical and skilled nursing services provided to patients who are not in an acute phase of an illness but who require a level of care higher than that provided in a long-term care setting. (JCAHO, Lexikon, 1994)
Terms: Subacute Care Preferred Term
Term UI T058024
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Sub-Acute Care
Term UI T058023
Date03/11/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Postacute Care
Term UI T000892693
Date12/27/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Post-acute Care
Term UI T000892694
Date12/27/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017)

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