Health Care

Bed Conversion

The reallocation of beds from one type of care service to another, as in converting acute care beds to long term care beds.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The reallocation of beds from one type of care service to another, as in converting acute care beds to long term care beds.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Bed Conversions
  • Conversion, Bed
  • Conversions, Bed
  • Beds, Swing
  • Swing Beds
  • Bed, Swing
  • Swing Bed

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

from one type of care service to another

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History Note

91(82); was see under HEALTH FACILITY PLANNING 1982-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Bed Occupancy (1978-1981)
  • Hospital Planning (1968-1981)

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Tree Number

  1. N03w.349.650.250.080

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bed Conversion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001508. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001508
  2. Bed Conversion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70452268