"After-Hours Care" 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.
Medical care provided after the regular daily practice schedule of the physicians. Usually it is designed to deliver 24-hour-a-day and 365 day-a-year patient care coverage for emergencies, triage, pediatric care, and hospice care.
| Descriptor ID |
D039602
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.374.034 N05.300.049
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| Concept/Terms |
After-Hours Care- After-Hours Care
- Out-of-Hours Medical Care
- Medical Care, Out-of-Hours
- Out of Hours Medical Care
- After Hours Care
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "After-Hours Care" by people in Profiles.
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Real-Time Patient-Provider Video Telemedicine Integrated with Clinical Care. N Engl J Med. 2018 10 11; 379(15):1478-1479.
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Association of online patient access to clinicians and medical records with use of clinical services. JAMA. 2012 Nov 21; 308(19):2012-9.
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How safe is triage by an after-hours telephone call center? Pediatrics. 2006 Aug; 118(2):457-63.
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Relationship between time of day, day of week, timeliness of reperfusion, and in-hospital mortality for patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. JAMA. 2005 Aug 17; 294(7):803-12.