Hospital Units

"Hospital Units" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Those areas of the hospital organization not considered departments which provide specialized patient care. They include various hospital special care wards.

Descriptor ID	D006757
MeSH Number(s)	N02.278.388
Concept/Terms	Hospital Units Hospital Units Hospital Unit Unit, Hospital Units, Hospital

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Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Facilities [N02.278]
Hospital Units [N02.278.388]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
2004	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2012	2	1	3
2016	0	1	1
2017	0	1	1
2020	1	0	1

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Johnson-Salerno E, Bachman SO, Jones CE, Hancox D, Haut C, Mericle J. Evaluation of an Innovative Model of Care for a Limited-Stay Pediatric Unit. J Nurs Adm. 2020 Jun; 50(6):328-334.

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Gaur AH, Bundy DG, Werner EJ, Hord JD, Miller MR, Tang L, Lawlor JP, Billett AL. A Prospective, Holistic, Multicenter Approach to Tracking and Understanding Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 06; 38(6):690-696.

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Hess EP, Hollander JE, Schaffer JT, Kline JA, Torres CA, Diercks DB, Jones R, Owen KP, Meisel ZF, Demers M, Leblanc A, Shah ND, Inselman J, Herrin J, Castaneda-Guarderas A, Montori VM. Shared decision making in patients with low risk chest pain: prospective randomized pragmatic trial. BMJ. 2016 Dec 05; 355:i6165.

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Rising KL, Hollander JE. Observation units: cost saving through cost shifting. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Dec; 31(12):2829; author reply 2830.

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Conners GP, Melzer SM, Betts JM, Chitkara MB, Jewell JA, Lye PS, Mirkinson LJ, Shaw KN, Ackerman AD, Chun TH, Conners GP, Dudley NC, Fein JA, Fuchs SM, Moore BR, Selbst SM, Wright JL. Pediatric observation units. Pediatrics. 2012 Jul; 130(1):172-9.

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Gonzalez LF, Jabbour P, Ratliff J, Tjoumakaris S, Dumont A, Rosenwasser RH. Minding the stroke business. World Neurosurg. 2013 Sep-Oct; 80(3-4):228-9.

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Pines JM, Isserman JA, Szyld D, Dean AJ, McCusker CM, Hollander JE. The effect of physician risk tolerance and the presence of an observation unit on decision making for ED patients with chest pain. Am J Emerg Med. 2010 Sep; 28(7):771-9.

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Kowalski T, Edmundowicz S, Vacante N. Endoscopy unit form and function. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2004 Oct; 14(4):657-66, viii.

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Oddone EZ, Weinberger M, Horner M, Mengel C, Goldstein F, Ginier P, Smith D, Huey J, Farber NJ, Asch DA, Loo L, Mack E, Hurder AG, Henderson W, Feussner JR. Classifying general medicine readmissions. Are they preventable? Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies in Health Services Group on Primary Care and Hospital Readmissions. J Gen Intern Med. 1996 Oct; 11(10):597-607.

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Cutillo-Schmitter TA, Rovner BW, Shmuely Y. Falls prevention study: a practical approach. J Healthc Risk Manag. 1996; 16(4):56-68.

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