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MeSH Heading: Birthing Centers
Tree Number(s): N02.278.080
Unique ID: D016550
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016550
Annotation: note entry term BIRTHING CENTERS, FREE-STANDING: do not confuse with BIRTHING CENTERS, HOSPITAL see DELIVERY ROOMS; check also tags PREGNANCY, and INFANT, NEWBORN
Scope Note: Free-standing facilities that provide prenatal, childbirth, and postnatal care and usually incorporate family-centered maternity care concepts and practices.
Entry Term(s): Birth Center, Free Standing; Birth Centers; Birthing Centers, Free-Standing; Free Standing Birthing Center; Free-Standing Birth Centers
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/02/08
Revision Date: 1992/03/25

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Concept UI: M0025251
Terms: Free Standing Birthing Center Preferred Term
Term UI T049513
Date01/02/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Birthing Centers, Free-Standing
Term UI T049514
Date01/02/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Birth Center, Free Standing
Term UI T049515
Date02/08/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Free-Standing Birth Centers
Term UI T049516
Date02/08/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

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