Named Groups

Outpatients

Persons who receive ambulatory care at an outpatient department or clinic without room and board being provided.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Persons who receive ambulatory care at an outpatient department or clinic without room and board being provided.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Out-patients
  • Out patients
  • Out-patient
  • Outpatient

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Aspects Covered

6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

outpatients as people or as a social, sociol, psychol, etc., group; do not confuse the outpatient with the care given him ( = AMBULATORY CARE)

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History Note

91(80); was see under PATIENTS 1980-90; was see AMBULATORY CARE 1978-79

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Previous Indexing

  • Ambulatory Care (1966-1979)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. M01w.643w.630

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Outpatients. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010045. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010045
  2. Outpatients. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67147922