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Outpatients MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


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 Introduced
1991/01/01
Last Updated
2003/07/09
Outpatients Preferred
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