patient transfer

Preferred Label : patient transfer;

MeSH 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.;

MeSH synonym : patient transfers; transfer, patient; transfers, patient;

MeSH hyponym : patient dumping; Dumping, Patient;

Related MeSH term : Patient Transition; Patient Turfing; Patient Transitions; Transition, Patient; Transitions, Patient; Care Transition; Care Transitions; Transition, Care; Transitions, Care; Transition of Care; Health Care Transition; Care Transition, Health; Care Transitions, Health; Health Care Transitions; Transition, Health Care; Transitions, Health Care; Patient Turfings; Turfing, Patient; Turfings, Patient;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS or MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient dumping;

Details

Origin ID

D010360;

UMLS CUI

C0030704;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Patient discharge (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Patient transfer (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Patient transfer education (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Transferring Patient [ICNP intervention]
- Transition of care (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Transitional Care Planning [NCIt concept]
Ne pas confondre avec
- transportation of patients [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- Patient Transition [MeSH concept]
- Patient Turfing [MeSH concept]
- patient dumping [MeSH concept]
- patient transfer [MeSH concept]
See also
- transfer agreement [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- patient handoff [MeSH Descriptor]
- patients [MeSH Descriptor]
- transportation of patients [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Patient transfer (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Transferring Patient [ICNP intervention]

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Main resources

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recommendations
documents concerning education
documents for patients