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MeSH Heading: Outpatients
Tree Number(s): M01.643.630
Unique ID: D010045
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010045
Annotation: outpatients as people or as a social, sociol, psychol, etc., group; do not confuse the outpatient with the care given him ( = AMBULATORY CARE)
Scope Note: Persons who receive ambulatory care at an outpatient department or clinic without room and board being provided.
Entry Term(s): Out-patients
Previous Indexing: Ambulatory Care (1966-1979)
See Also: Ambulatory Care
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under PATIENTS 1980-90; was see AMBULATORY CARE 1978-79
Online Note: search AMBULATORY CARE 1978-79
History Note: 91(80); was see under PATIENTS 1980-90; was see AMBULATORY CARE 1978-79
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/12/22
Revision Date: 2003/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

education (ED)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Outpatients MeSH Descriptor Data 2023