Patient Discharge Summaries MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Patient Discharge Summaries
Tree Number(s): N04.452.859.564.725; N05.715.360.300.715.500.665; N06.850.520.308.940.968.750
Unique ID: D063886
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063886
Scope Note: Summaries that serve as the primary documents communicating a patient's care plan to the post-hospital care team.
See Also: Patient Discharge
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 1955/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Health Services Administration [N04]
- Organization and Administration [N04.452]
  - Records [N04.452.859]
    - Medical Records [N04.452.859.564]

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
- Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
  - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
    - Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
      - Records [N05.715.360.300.715]
        
        Medical Records [N05.715.360.300.715.500]
        
        Clinical Coding [N05.715.360.300.715.500.249]
        
        Medical Record Linkage [N05.715.360.300.715.500.500]
        
        Medical Records, Problem-Oriented [N05.715.360.300.715.500.520]
        
        Medical Records Systems, Computerized [N05.715.360.300.715.500.530]
        
        Patient Discharge Summaries [N05.715.360.300.715.500.665]
        
        Trauma Severity Indices [N05.715.360.300.715.500.800]

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
    - Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
      - Records [N06.850.520.308.940]
        
        Medical Records [N06.850.520.308.940.968]
        
        Clinical Coding [N06.850.520.308.940.968.249]
        
        Medical Record Linkage [N06.850.520.308.940.968.500]
        
        Medical Records, Problem-Oriented [N06.850.520.308.940.968.550]
        
        Medical Records Systems, Computerized [N06.850.520.308.940.968.625]
        
        Patient Discharge Summaries [N06.850.520.308.940.968.750]
        
        Trauma Severity Indices [N06.850.520.308.940.968.875]

Patient Discharge Summaries Preferred

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