Patient Discharge Summaries
"Patient Discharge Summaries" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Summaries that serve as the primary documents communicating a patient's care plan to the post-hospital care team.
| Descriptor ID |
D063886
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.452.859.564.725 N05.715.360.300.715.500.665 N06.850.520.308.940.968.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Discharge Summaries- Patient Discharge Summaries
- Discharge Summaries, Patient
- Discharge Summary, Patient
- Patient Discharge Summary
- Summaries, Patient Discharge
- Summary, Patient Discharge
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