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Health Personnel MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Health Personnel
Tree Number(s)
M01.526.485
N02.360
Unique ID
D006282
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006282
Annotation
persons working in the field of health: do not confuse with HEALTH WORKFORCE, the availability of HEALTH PERSONNEL
Scope Note
Men and women working in the provision of health services, whether as individual practitioners or employees of health institutions and programs, whether or not professionally trained, and whether or not subject to public regulation. (From A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976)
Entry Term(s)
Health Care Professionals
Health Care Providers
Healthcare Providers
Healthcare Workers
Previous Indexing
Health Manpower (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note
1992; was see HEALTH MANPOWER 1989-91
Online Note
pre-explosion = HEALTH PERSONNEL (PX)
History Note
1992; was NON MESH 1966-91; was see HEALTH MANPOWER 1989-91
Date Introduced
1992/01/01
Last Updated
2021/05/12
Health Personnel Preferred
Health Care Professionals Related
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