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Preferred term

Patient Transfer  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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. 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.

In other languages

  • French

  • Transfert de malade
  • Transfert de patients entre hôpitaux
  • Transfert de patients inter-hôpitaux
  • Transfert de patients interhôpitaux

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LZWTWF17-R

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