"Hospitals, Proprietary" 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.
Hospitals owned and operated by a corporation or an individual that operate on a for-profit basis, also referred to as investor-owned hospitals.
| Descriptor ID |
D006777
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.215.110 N02.278.421.481.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospitals, Proprietary- Hospitals, Proprietary
- Proprietary Hospitals
- Hospital, Proprietary
- Proprietary Hospital
- Private, for-Profit Hospitals
- Private, Investor-Owned Hospitals
- Hospitals, Private, for-Profit
- Hospitals, Private, Investor-Owned
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Hospital characteristics and mortality rates. N Engl J Med. 1989 Dec 21; 321(25):1720-5.