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Category N - Health Care

Subheadings

/psychology (PX, /psychol) Used with named groups, including patients and health personnel, and populations for discussions of psychologic, psychiatric, psychosomatic, psychosocial, behavioral, and emotional aspects, and for their mental processes, behavior, and opinions. It is also a main heading (F4.96.628+) under which more specific MHs are listed.

Hospital medical staff attitude to death.
MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL / *psychol
*ATTITUDE TO DEATH
*ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL

/standards (ST, /stand) Used with health care, including facilities, personnel, services, economics, organizations, and health services administration, for the development, testing, and application of standards of adequacy or acceptable performance. It includes occupational health and safety standards, and discussions of such topics as quality, competence, guidelines, credentialing, and accreditation.

Practice guidelines for life support care.
LIFE SUPPORT CARE / *stand
*PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC

/statistics & numerical data (SN, /statist) Used with non-disease and health care headings for the expression of numerical values which describe particular sets or groups of data. It excludes statistics about the following: manpower distribution within specialties for which /man is used; supply or distribution of health facilities, personnel, or services for which /supply is used; economics for which /econ is used; and utilization for which /util is used. It is also a main heading in the N5 Category under which more specific statistics MHs are listed.

Statistical analysis of the cost of hospital information systems.
HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS / *econ
HOSPITAL COSTS / *statist

/supply & distribution (SD, /supply) Used for the quantitative availability and distribution of material, equipment, and health facilities, personnel, and services. It excludes food supply and water supply in industries and occupations.

Number of community health centers in Chicago.
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS / *supply
CHICAGO

Last Reviewed: March 10, 2015