"Health Facility Closure" 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.
The closing of any health facility, e.g., health centers, residential facilities, and hospitals.
| Descriptor ID |
D006271
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.218 N05.300.430.390
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Facility Closure- Health Facility Closure
- Closures, Health Facility
- Facility Closures, Health
- Health Facility Closures
- Closure, Health Facility
- Facility Closure, Health
Closure, Hospital- Closure, Hospital
- Hospital Closure
- Hospital Closures
- Closures, Hospital
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Facility Closure" by people in Profiles.
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Law AC, Bosch NA, Song Y, Tale A, Yeh RW, Kahn JM, Stevens JP, Walkey AJ. Patient Outcomes After Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Closures. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 11 01; 6(11):e2344377.
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Feng Z, Lepore M, Clark MA, Tyler D, Smith DB, Mor V, Fennell ML. Geographic concentration and correlates of nursing home closures: 1999-2008. Arch Intern Med. 2011 May 09; 171(9):806-13.
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Fisher WH, Geller JL, Pandiani JA. The changing role of the state psychiatric hospital. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 May-Jun; 28(3):676-84.
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Geller JL, Biebel K. The premature demise of public child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric beds : part I: overview and current conditions. Psychiatr Q. 2006; 77(3):251-71.
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Geller JL. Avoiding extinction: successful private psychiatric hospitals in the opening decade of the twenty-first century. Psychiatr Q. 2006; 77(2):189-201.
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Kirby PB, Spetz J, Maiuro L, Scheffler RM. Changes in service availability in california hospitals, 1995 to 2002. J Healthc Manag. 2006 Jan-Feb; 51(1):26-38; discussion 38-9.
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Geller JL, Shore H, Grudzinskas AJ, Appelbaum PS. Against the grain? A reasoned argument for not closing a state hospital. Psychiatr Q. 2005; 76(2):177-94.