Health Care

Convalescent Hospitals

Hospitals which provide care to the patient for the period following an acute illness until health is restored.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Hospitals which provide care to the patient for the period following an acute illness until health is restored.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Convalescent Hospital
  • Hospitals, Convalescent
  • Hospital, Convalescent

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

coord IM with special hosp or med specialty (IM or NIM) or with hosp ownership term (e.g., HOSPITALS, COUNTY) (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog

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  1. N02.278w.421w.556.294

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Convalescent Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006765. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006765
  2. Convalescent Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70452465