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Abstract
Interfacility or intrahospital transfer of patients. Intrahospital transfer is usually to obtain a specific kind of care and interfacility transfer is usually for economic reasons as well as for the type of care provided.
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24 entry terms
- Patient Transfers
- Transfer, Patient
- Transfers, Patient
- Care Transition
- Health Care Transition
- Patient Dumping
- Patient Transition
- Patient Turfing
- Transition of Care
- Care Transition, Health
- Care Transitions
- Care Transitions, Health
- Dumping, Patient
- Health Care Transitions
- Patient Transitions
- Patient Turfings
- Transition, Care
- Transition, Health Care
- Transition, Patient
- Transitions, Care
- Transitions, Health Care
- Transitions, Patient
- Turfing, Patient
- Turfings, Patient
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10 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS or MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS
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WX 158
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Patient Transfer. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010360. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010360
- Patient Transfer. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51927927