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MeSH Heading: Patient Transfer
Tree Number(s): E02.760.169.624; E02.760.400.630; N02.421.585.169.624; N02.421.585.400.630; N04.590.233.727.210.624
Unique ID: D010360
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010360
Annotation: do not confuse with TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS or MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS
Scope Note: Interfacility or intrahospital transfer of patients. Intrahospital transfer is usually to obtain a specific kind of care and interfacility transfer is usually for economic reasons as well as for the type of care provided.
Entry Term(s): Care Transition; Health Care Transition; Patient Dumping; Patient Transition; Patient Turfing; Transition of Care
NLM Classification #: WX 158
See Also: Transfer Agreement
Public MeSH Note: 87
History Note: 87
Date Established: 1987/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/05/30
Revision Date: 2017/03/16

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M000601358
Scope Note: Movement of patients between different locations or settings with varying levels of care such as hospitals, primary and specialty care offices, nursing facilities, the patient's home and long-term care facilities.
Terms: Patient Transition Preferred Term
Term UI T000873345
Date01/09/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Care Transition
Term UI T000873347
Date01/09/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Transition of Care
Term UI T000873348
Date01/09/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Health Care Transition
Term UI T000873346
Date01/09/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016)

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