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Descriptor English:   Patient Transfer 
Descriptor Spanish:   Transferencia de Pacientes 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Transferência de Pacientes 
Synonyms English:   Patient Dumping  
Tree Number:   E02.760.400.630
N02.421.585.400.630
Definition English:   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 type of care provided. 
Indexing Annotation English:   "interfacility or intrahospital transfer": read MeSH definition & do not confuse with TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS ( = bed to bed or outside hosp or elsewhere)
See Related English:   Transfer Agreement
 
History Note English:   87 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
classification economics
ethics history
legislation & jurisprudence manpower
methods organization & administration
supply & distribution statistics & numerical data
standards trends
utilization  
Record Number:   28845 
Unique Identifier:   D010360 

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