Health Care

Private Hospitals

A class of hospitals that includes profit or not-for-profit hospitals that are controlled by a legal entity other than a government agency. (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed)

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A class of hospitals that includes profit or not-for-profit hospitals that are controlled by a legal entity other than a government agency. (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed)

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Hospitals, Private
  • Hospital, Private
  • Private Hospital

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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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Indexing Annotation

non-government profit or not-for-profit; coord NIM with special hosp (e.g., HOSPITALS, CHRONIC DISEASE) or med specialty (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog

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History Note

91

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Previous Indexing

  • Hospitals, Proprietary (1975-1990)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Private Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016304. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016304
  2. Private Hospitals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_hospital
  3. Private Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4284971