"Mobile Health Units" 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.
Movable or portable facilities in which diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided to the community.
| Descriptor ID |
D008952
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.421.702 N02.421.726.233.628
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| Concept/Terms |
Mobile Health Units- Mobile Health Units
- Health Unit, Mobile
- Health Units, Mobile
- Mobile Health Unit
- Unit, Mobile Health
- Units, Mobile Health
Mobile Clinics- Mobile Clinics
- Clinic, Mobile
- Clinics, Mobile
- Mobile Clinic
Mobile Health Vans- Mobile Health Vans
- Health Van, Mobile
- Health Vans, Mobile
- Mobile Health Van
- Van, Mobile Health
- Vans, Mobile Health
Field Hospitals- Field Hospitals
- Field Hospital
- Hospital, Field
- Hospitals, Field
- Mobile Hospitals
- Hospital, Mobile
- Hospitals, Mobile
- Mobile Hospital
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mobile Health Units" by people in Profiles.
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The impact of a mobile COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction laboratory at a large tertiary hospital during the first wave of the pandemic: A retrospective analysis. S Afr Med J. 2021 10 05; 111(10):957-960.
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Preparing healthcare facilities to operate safely and effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic: The missing piece in the puzzle. S Afr Med J. 2020 08 12; 110(9):835-836.
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Costs of a school-based dental mobile service in South Africa. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 10 19; 16(1):590.
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Cost evaluation of reproductive and primary health care mobile service delivery for women in two rural districts in South Africa. PLoS One. 2015; 10(3):e0119236.
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Preventing diabetic blindness: a priority for South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2014 Jun 26; 104(10):661-2.
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Successes, challenges and lessons from a novel deployment of Xpert(®) MTB/RIF at a major South African public event [Short Communication]. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Apr; 18(4):438-40.
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Feasibility, yield, and cost of active tuberculosis case finding linked to a mobile HIV service in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional study. PLoS Med. 2012; 9(8):e1001281.