Episode of Care

An interval of care by a health care facility or provider for a specific medical problem or condition. It may be continuous or it may consist of a series of intervals marked by one or more brief separations from care, and can also identify the sequence of care (e.g., emergency, inpatient, outpatient), thus serving as one measure of health care provided.

Year introduced: 1992

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Tree Number(s): E02.760.300, N02.421.585.300

MeSH Unique ID: D017050

Entry Terms:

• Episodes of Care
• Care Episode
• Care Episodes
• Patient Care Episodes
• Episode, Patient Care
• Episodes, Patient Care
• Patient Care Episode

All MeSH Categories
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Therapeutics
Patient Care
Episode of Care

All MeSH Categories
Health Care Category
Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services
Health Services
Patient Care
Episode of Care