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Patient Discharge MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Patient Discharge
Tree Number(s)
E02.760.169.125
E02.760.400.610
N02.421.585.169.125
N02.421.585.400.610
N04.590.233.727.210.125
Unique ID
D010351
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010351
Scope Note
The administrative process of discharging the patient, alive or dead, from hospitals or other health facilities.
Entry Term(s)
Discharge Planning
NLM Classification #
WX 158
Previous Indexing
Hospitalization (1966-1977)
See Also
Patient Discharge Summaries
Public MeSH Note
78
History Note
78
Date Established
1978/01/01
Date of Entry
1977/05/12
Revision Date
2016/05/31
Patient Discharge Preferred
Discharge Planning Narrower
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