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MeSH Heading: Transportation of Patients
Tree Number(s): E02.365.839; N02.421.297.879; N04.590.374.350.813; N05.300.430.750
Unique ID: D014187
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014187
Annotation: includes transport inside (e.g., bed to bed) & outside the hosp or elsewhere but do not confuse with PATIENT TRANSFER (interfacility or intrahospital transfer for admin reasons with regard to special care or economics)
Scope Note: Conveying ill or injured individuals from one place to another.
Entry Term(s): Access to Transportation; Accessible Transportation; Transport of Wounded and Sick; Transport, Wounded and Sick; Transportation Access; Transportation Accessibility
See Also: Moving and Lifting Patients; Stretchers
Public MeSH Note: 78; was TRANSPORT OF WOUNDED AND SICK 1964-77, was TRANSPORT OF WOUNDED 1963
Online Note: use TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS to search TRANSPORT OF WOUNDED AND SICK 1966-77
History Note: 78; was TRANSPORT OF WOUNDED AND SICK 1964-77, was TRANSPORT OF WOUNDED 1963
Date Established: 1964/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/04/13

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Concept UI: M000755045
Scope Note: Availability of transportation to health care.
Terms: Access to Transportation Preferred Term
Term UI T001117897
Date02/07/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Transportation Access
Term UI T001117898
Date02/07/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Accessible Transportation
Term UI T001117899
Date02/07/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Transportation Accessibility
Term UI T001117922
Date02/07/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023)

Transportation of Patients MeSH Descriptor Data 2025