Health Care

Satellite Hospitals

Those hospitals which are extensions of a main hospital and are wholly or partly administered by that hospital.

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Abstract

Those hospitals which are extensions of a main hospital and are wholly or partly administered by that hospital.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Branch Hospitals
  • Hospitals, Branch
  • Hospitals, Satellite
  • Branch Hospital
  • Hospital, Branch
  • Hospital, Satellite
  • Satellite 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

extensions of a main hosp & admin by it; coord IM with hosp ownership term (e.g., HOSPITALS, FEDERAL; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; etc.) (IM or NIM) or specialty hosp or med specialty (IM or NIM) if relevant; specify geog

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History Note

91(Aug 77); was see under HOSPITALS 1977-90

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Satellite Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006781. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006781
  2. Satellite Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70349049