"Day Care, Medical" 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.
Institutional health care of patients during the day. The patients return home at night.
| Descriptor ID |
D003631
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.246 N02.421.585.246
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| Concept/Terms |
Day Care, Medical- Day Care, Medical
- Medical Day Care
- Hospitalization, Partial
- Partial Hospitalization
- Day Care
- Care, Day
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Day Care, Medical" by people in Profiles.
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Use of home-based formal services by adult day care clients with Alzheimer's disease. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2008; 27(3):217-39.
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Nursing home placement, day care use, and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Am J Psychiatry. 2007 Jun; 164(6):910-5.
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The effect of adult day care services on time to nursing home placement in older adults with Alzheimer's disease. Gerontologist. 2005 Dec; 45(6):754-63.