Health Care

Ambulatory Care Facilities

Those facilities which administer health services to individuals who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Those facilities which administer health services to individuals who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization.

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Classification

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Synonyms

49 entry terms
  • Outpatient Clinic
  • Outpatient Clinics
  • Ambulatory Care Facility
  • Clinic, Outpatient
  • Clinics, Outpatient
  • Facilities, Ambulatory Care
  • Facility, Ambulatory Care
  • Abortion Centers
  • Abortion Clinics
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities, Non Hospital
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities, Non-Hospital
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities, Nonhospital
  • Clinic Activities
  • Clinics, Free-Standing
  • Family Planning Centers
  • Health Centers, Ambulatory
  • Urgent Care Centers
  • Urgent Care Clinics
  • Abortion Center
  • Abortion Clinic
  • Activities, Clinic
  • Activity, Clinic
  • Ambulatory Health Center
  • Ambulatory Health Centers
  • Care Center, Urgent
  • Care Centers, Urgent
  • Care Clinic, Urgent
  • Care Clinics, Urgent
  • Center, Abortion
  • Center, Ambulatory Health
  • Center, Family Planning
  • Center, Urgent Care
  • Centers, Abortion
  • Centers, Ambulatory Health
  • Centers, Family Planning
  • Centers, Urgent Care
  • Clinic Activity
  • Clinic, Abortion
  • Clinic, Free-Standing
  • Clinic, Urgent Care
  • Clinics, Abortion
  • Clinics, Free Standing
  • Clinics, Urgent Care
  • Family Planning Center
  • Free-Standing Clinic
  • Free-Standing Clinics
  • Health Center, Ambulatory
  • Urgent Care Center
  • Urgent Care Clinic

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

83; was AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES, NON-HOSPITAL 1980-82; was HEALTH CENTERS 1979

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Previous Indexing

  • Health Facilities (1968-1978)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N02.278w.035

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ambulatory Care Facilities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000554. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000554
  2. Ambulatory Care Facilities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66300090