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MeSH Heading: Length of Stay
Tree Number(s): E02.760.400.480; N02.421.585.400.480
Unique ID: D007902
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007902
Scope Note: The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.
Entry Term(s): Hospital Stay
Previous Indexing: Hospitalization (1966-1968)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(69)
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

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