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PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

A system under which patients are grouped together in units depending on their need for care as determined by their degree of illness rather than by consideration of medical specialty.

OBS

HOHEA: Hogarth, J. Glossary of health care terminology. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1978. (Public Health in Europe, No. 4).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Système organisationnel d'un établissement d'hospitalisation ou d'hébergement grâce auquel les résidents sont groupés selon l'intensité des soins dont ils ont besoin.

OBS

D'une façon générale, les soins gradués se divisent ainsi : a) soins légers [...]; b) soins courants ou intermédiaires [...], c) soins intensifs [...]; d) soins prolongés ou de longue durée [...]

Spanish

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