Health Care

Private Practice

Practice of a health profession by an individual, offering services on a person-to-person basis, as opposed to group or partnership practice.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Practice of a health profession by an individual, offering services on a person-to-person basis, as opposed to group or partnership practice.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Practice, Private
  • Practices, Private
  • Private Practices
  • Solo Practice
  • Practice, Solo
  • Practices, Solo
  • Solo Practices

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

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

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History Note

73(69)

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Previous Indexing

  • Medicine (1966-1968)
  • Office Management (1966-1968)
  • Professional Practice (1968)
  • specific discipline (1966-1968)
  • specific specialty (1966-1968)

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Tree Number

  1. N04w.452.758.745

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Private Practice. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011331. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011331
  2. Private Practice. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70450023