"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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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "After-Hours Care" by people in Profiles.
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Changes in the proportion and severity of patients with fever or common cold symptoms utilizing an after-hours house call medical service during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Japan: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Emerg Med. 2021 05 29; 21(1):64.
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Mortality and critical conditions in COVID-19 patients at private hospitals: weekend effect? Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2021 Apr; 25(8):3377-3385.
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A closer look at the weekend effect and COVID-19 mortalities. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2021; 14(1):7-8.
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Out of hours experience in primary care during COVID-19. Fam Pract. 2020 11 28; 37(6):865.
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Surgery and emergency gastrointestinal endoscopy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Apr; 44(4):294-296.
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Practical Family Medicine: After-Hours Video Telehealth, Office Procedures, Polyp Follow-up in Older Patients, Terminology for Domestic Violence Intervention. J Am Board Fam Med. 2020 Sep-Oct; 33(5):641-642.
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Overall Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Interventional Radiology Services: A Canadian Perspective. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2021 Aug; 72(3):564-570.
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Organisation and characteristics of out-of-hours primary care during a COVID-19 outbreak: A real-time observational study. PLoS One. 2020; 15(8):e0237629.
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Drastic decrease of urgent endoscopies outside regular working hours during the Covid-19 pandemic in the paris area. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2020 09; 44(4):579-585.
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Use of non-specific diagnostic codes in out-of-hours services. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2020 08 18; 140(11).