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The following is a partial list of the "N" codes for Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), as defined by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).

This list continues the information at List of MeSH codes (N03). Codes following these are found at List of MeSH codes (N05). For other MeSH codes, see List of MeSH codes.

The source for this content is the set of 2006 MeSH Trees from the NLM.

MeSH  N04 – health services administration

MeSH  N04.226 – intersectoral collaboration

MeSH  N04.452 – organization and administration

• MeSH  N04.452.070 – annual reports
• MeSH  N04.452.095 – appointments and schedules
• MeSH  N04.452.095.738 – waiting lists
• MeSH  N04.452.095.758 – shared medical appointments
• MeSH  N04.452.115 – clinical goverance
• MeSH  N04.452.122 – committee membership
• MeSH  N04.452.150 – constitution and bylaws
• MeSH  N04.452.190 – organizational decision making
• MeSH  N04.452.209 – efficiency
• MeSH  N04.452.209.500 – organizational efficiency
• MeSH  N04.452.264 – eligibility determination
• MeSH  N04.452.289 – facilities and service utilization
• MeSH  N04.452.289.500 – emergency room visits
• MeSH  N04.452.313 – fee schedules
• MeSH  N04.452.313.500 – relative value scales
• MeSH  N04.452.394 – governing board
• MeSH  N04.452.394.600 – trustees
• MeSH  N04.452.442 – hospital facility administration
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452 – hospital administration
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.060 – hospital ancillary services
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.110 – centralized hospital services
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.180 – hospital financial management
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.322 – hospital communication systems
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422 – hospital departments
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.040 – hospital admitting department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.070 – hospital anesthesia department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.215 – hospital cardiology service
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.260 – hospital central supply
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.270 – hospital chaplaincy service
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.298 – hospital dental service
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.310 – hospital education department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.336 – hospital emergency service
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.336.400 – trauma centers
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.374 – hospital food service
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.412 – hospital housekeeping
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.420 – hospital laboratories
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.428 – hospital laundry service
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.450 – hospital maintenance and engineering
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.465 – hospital medical records department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.467 – morgue
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.489 – hospital nursing service
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.495 – hospital obstetrics and gynecology department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.500 – hospital occupational therapy department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.513 – hospital oncology service
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.527 – hospital outpatient clinics
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.527.600 – pain clinics
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.535 – hospital pathology department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.565 – hospital personnel administration
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.603 – hospital pharmacy service
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.615 – hospital physical therapy department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.641 – hospital psychiatric department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.679 – hospital purchasing
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.679.375 – group purchasing
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.695 – hospital radiology department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.712 – hospital respiratory therapy department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.730 – hospital social work department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.750 – hospital surgery department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.422.790 – hospital urology department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.450 – hospital distribution systems
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.510 – hospital-patient relations
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.530 – hospital-physician relations
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.530.500 – medical staff privileges
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.550 – hospital restructuring
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.550.380 – hospital-physician joint ventures
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.550.380.500 – physician self-referral
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.565 – hospital shared services
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.585 – hospital shops
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.600 – hospital libraries
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.650 – hospital materials management
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.650.300 – hospital inventories
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.675 – hospital medication systems
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.688 – hospital nuclear medicine department
• MeSH  N04.452.442.452.700 – product line management
• MeSH  N04.452.460 – institutional management teams
• MeSH  N04.452.500 – management audit
• MeSH  N04.452.500.150 – benchmarking
• MeSH  N04.452.515 – management information systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.080 – clinical laboratory information systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.095 – clinical pharmacy information systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.110 – database management systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.110.500 – dashboard systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.135 – management decision support systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.350 – healthcare common procedure coding system
• MeSH  N04.452.515.360 – hospital information systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.360.050 – ambulatory care information systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.360.500 – medical order entry systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.360.555 – operating room information systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.360.652 – point-of-care systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.708 – office automation
• MeSH  N04.452.515.708.950 – word processing
• MeSH  N04.452.515.800 – personnel staffing and scheduling information systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.825 – radiology information systems
• MeSH  N04.452.515.825.500 – teleradiology
• MeSH  N04.452.521 – mandatory programs
• MeSH  N04.452.525 – workforce
• MeSH  N04.452.525.500 – health workforce
• MeSH  N04.452.528 – medication systems
• MeSH  N04.452.528.460 – medication reconcilliation
• MeSH  N04.452.528.467 – medication review
• MeSH  N04.452.528.473 – hospital medication systems
• MeSH  N04.452.523 – military health services
• MeSH  N04.452.534 – organizational models
• MeSH  N04.452.540 – multi-institutional systems
• MeSH  N04.452.540.308 – hospital shared services
• MeSH  N04.452.602 – organizational affiliation
• MeSH  N04.452.602.713 – transfer agreement
• MeSH  N04.452.606 – organizational culture
• MeSH  N04.452.610 – organizational innovation
• MeSH  N04.452.610.125 – change management
• MeSH  N04.452.610.250 – entrepreneurship
• MeSH  N04.452.615 – organizational objectives
• MeSH  N04.452.633 – ownership
• MeSH  N04.452.633.390 – private sector
• MeSH  N04.452.633.780 – privatization
• MeSH  N04.452.633.890 – public sector
• MeSH  N04.452.653 – patient identification systems
• MeSH  N04.452.653.250 – health smart cards
• MeSH  N04.452.653.500 – radio frequency identification device
• MeSH  N04.452.677 – personnel management
• MeSH  N04.452.677.356 – collective bargaining
• MeSH  N04.452.677.358 – employee discipline
• MeSH  N04.452.677.362 – employee grievances
• MeSH  N04.452.677.368 – employee incentive plans
• MeSH  N04.452.677.370 – employee performance appraisal
• MeSH  N04.452.677.400 – job application
• MeSH  N04.452.677.410 – job description
• MeSH  N04.452.677.415 – leadership
• MeSH  N04.452.677.420 – management quality circles
• MeSH  N04.452.677.430 – negotiating
• MeSH  N04.452.677.440 – hospital personnel administration
• MeSH  N04.452.677.445 – personnel delegation
• MeSH  N04.452.677.450 – personnel downsizing
• MeSH  N04.452.677.460 – personnel loyalty
• MeSH  N04.452.677.500 – personnel selection
• MeSH  N04.452.677.650 – personnel staffing and scheduling
• MeSH  N04.452.677.650.250 – shift work schedule
• MeSH  N04.452.677.650.313 – teleworking
• MeSH  N04.452.677.650.438 – work-life balance
• MeSH  N04.452.677.650.375 – work schedule tolerance
• MeSH  N04.452.677.650.500 – workload
• MeSH  N04.452.677.680 – personnel turnover
• MeSH  N04.452.677.740 – physician incentive plans
• MeSH  N04.452.677.800 – salaries and fringe benefits
• MeSH  N04.452.677.800.162 – family leave
• MeSH  N04.452.677.800.162.500 – parental leave
• MeSH  N04.452.677.800.325 – employee health benefit plans
• MeSH  N04.452.677.800.325.300 – employee retirement income security act
• MeSH  N04.452.677.800.662 – sick leave
• MeSH  N04.452.677.822 – staff development
• MeSH  N04.452.677.842 – employee strikes
• MeSH  N04.452.677.896 – work engagement
• MeSH  N04.452.677.896.500 – physician engagement
• MeSH  N04.452.677.975 – workplace
• MeSH  N04.452.677.975.500 – working conditions
• MeSH  N04.452.677.975.500.500 – workforce diversity
• MeSH  N04.452.706 – pharmacy administration
• MeSH  N04.452.706.310 – drug and narcotic control
• MeSH  N04.452.706.310.500 – drug recalls
• MeSH  N04.452.706.310.750 – safety based drug withdrawals
• MeSH  N04.452.706.477 – drug utilization
• MeSH  N04.452.706.477.400 – drug utilization review
• MeSH  N04.452.706.477.400.500 – antimicrobial stewardship
• MeSH  N04.452.718 – planning techniques
• MeSH  N04.452.718.500 – strategic planning
• MeSH  N04.452.758 – professional practice
• MeSH  N04.452.758.244 – group practice
• MeSH  N04.452.758.244.369 – dental group practice
• MeSH  N04.452.758.244.400 – prepaid group practice
• MeSH  N04.452.758.244.425 – health maintenance organizations
• MeSH  N04.452.758.244.450 – independent practice associations
• MeSH  N04.452.758.275 – hospital-physician relations
• MeSH  N04.452.758.275.500 – medical staff privileges
• MeSH  N04.452.758.307 – house calls
• MeSH  N04.452.758.367 – institutional practice
• MeSH  N04.452.758.372 – management service organizations
• MeSH  N04.452.758.377 – nursing
• MeSH  N04.452.758.377.500 – private duty nursing
• MeSH  N04.452.758.377.750 – supervisory nursing
• MeSH  N04.452.758.377.875 – office nursing
• MeSH  N04.452.758.377.937 – telenursing
• MeSH  N04.452.758.377.968 – travel nursing
• MeSH  N04.452.758.388 – nursing faculty practice
• MeSH  N04.452.758.635 – office visits
• MeSH  N04.452.758.635.500 – no-show patients
• MeSH  N04.452.758.671 – partnership practice
• MeSH  N04.452.758.671.589 – dental partnership practice
• MeSH  N04.452.758.708 – practice management
• MeSH  N04.452.758.708.200 – office management
• MeSH  N04.452.758.708.200.400 – forms and records control
• MeSH  N04.452.758.708.300 – dental practice management
• MeSH  N04.452.758.708.450 – medical practice management
• MeSH  N04.452.758.708.450.500 – concierge medicine
• MeSH  N04.452.758.708.525 – veterinary practice management
• MeSH  N04.452.758.708.600 – practice valuation and purchase
• MeSH  N04.452.758.745 – private practice
• MeSH  N04.452.758.745.225 – fee-for-service plans
• MeSH  N04.452.758.745.450 – independent practice associations
• MeSH  N04.452.758.752 – professional autonomy
• MeSH  N04.452.758.760 – professional corporations
• MeSH  N04.452.758.772 – professional practice location
• MeSH  N04.452.758.788 – professional staff committees
• MeSH  N04.452.758.788.300 – ethics committees
• MeSH  N04.452.758.788.300.500 – clinical ethics committees
• MeSH  N04.452.758.788.300.750 – research ethics committees
• MeSH  N04.452.758.788.682 – pharmacy and therapeutics committee
• MeSH  N04.452.758.849 – referral and consultation
• MeSH  N04.452.758.849.174 – ethics consultation
• MeSH  N04.452.758.849.350 – gatekeeping
• MeSH  N04.452.758.849.500 – physician self-referral
• MeSH  N04.452.758.849.550 – remote consultation
• MeSH  N04.452.758.849.550.500 – distance counseling
• MeSH  N04.452.758.849.775 – secondary care
• MeSH  N04.452.758.849.887 – tertiary healthcare
• MeSH  N04.452.760 – program development
• MeSH  N04.452.794 – public health administration
• MeSH  N04.452.822 – public relations
• MeSH  N04.452.822.070 – anniversaries and special events
• MeSH  N04.452.822.210 – community-institutional relations
• MeSH  N04.452.822.370 – hospital-patient relations
• MeSH  N04.452.822.379 – hospital-physician relations
• MeSH  N04.452.822.388 – interdepartmental relations
• MeSH  N04.452.822.400 – interinstitutional relations
• MeSH  N04.452.822.700 – patient satisfaction
• MeSH  N04.452.822.700.500 – patient preference
• MeSH  N04.452.859 – records
• MeSH  N04.452.859.132 – birth certificates
• MeSH  N04.452.859.198 – consent forms
• MeSH  N04.452.859.264 – death certificates
• MeSH  N04.452.859.341 – dental records
• MeSH  N04.452.859.360 – diet records
• MeSH  N04.452.859.380 – hospital records
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564 – medical records
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.137 – healthcare administrative claims
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.274 – clinical coding
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.550 – medical record linkage
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.600 – problem-oriented medical records
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.650 – computerized medical records systems
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.650.125 – electronic health records
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.650.500 – medical order entry systems
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.725 – patient discharge summaries
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.800 – trauma severity indices
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.800.125 – abbreviated injury scale
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.800.250 – glasgow coma scale
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.800.260 – glasgow outcome scale
• MeSH  N04.452.859.564.800.500 – injury severity score
• MeSH  N04.452.859.675 – nursing records
• MeSH  N04.452.859.819 – registries
• MeSH  N04.452.859.819.725 – seer program
• MeSH  N04.452.871 – risk management
• MeSH  N04.452.871.715 – risk assessment
• MeSH  N04.452.871.715.200 – adverse outcome pathways
• MeSH  N04.452.871.715.400 – healthcare failure mode and effect analysis
• MeSH  N04.452.871.715.800 – risk adjustment
• MeSH  N04.452.871.758 – risk evaluation and mitigation
• MeSH  N04.452.871.800 – financial risk sharing
• MeSH  N04.452.871.900 – safety management
• MeSH  N04.452.871.900.500 – material safety data sheet
• MeSH  N04.452.910 – security measures
• MeSH  N04.452.910.009 – biometric identification
• MeSH  N04.452.910.009.250 – automated facial recognition
• MeSH  N04.452.910.009.500 – dermatoglypics
• MeSH  N04.452.910.009.750 – DNA fingerprinting
• MeSH  N04.452.910.150 – biosecurity
• MeSH  N04.452.910.200 – computer security
• MeSH  N04.452.910.200.250 – blockchain
• MeSH  N04.452.910.200.500 – data anonymization
• MeSH  N04.452.921 – nursing shared governance
• MeSH  N04.452.932 – time management
• MeSH  N04.452.955 – total quality management
• MeSH  N04.452.524 – veterans health services
• MeSH  N04.452.977 – voluntary programs

MeSH  N04.590 – patient care management

• MeSH  N04.590.233 – comprehensive health care
• MeSH  N04.590.233.250 – comprehensive dental care
• MeSH  N04.590.233.508 – nursing process
• MeSH  N04.590.233.508.480 – nursing assessment
• MeSH  N04.590.233.508.480.110 – nursing diagnosis
• MeSH  N04.590.233.508.613 – nursing research
• MeSH  N04.590.233.508.613.234 – clinical nursing research
• MeSH  N04.590.233.508.613.385 – nursing administration research
• MeSH  N04.590.233.508.613.413 – nursing education research
• MeSH  N04.590.233.508.613.432 – nursing evaluation research
• MeSH  N04.590.233.508.613.634 – nursing methodology research
• MeSH  N04.590.233.624 – patient care planning
• MeSH  N04.590.233.624.124 – advance care planning
• MeSH  N04.590.233.624.124.050 – advance directives
• MeSH  N04.590.233.624.124.050.500 – living wills
• MeSH  N04.590.233.624.250 – case management
• MeSH  N04.590.233.624.625 – critical pathways
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727 – primary health care
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.210 – continuity of patient care
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.210.063 – aftercare
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.210.125 – patient discharge
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.210.249 – patient handoff
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.210.624 – patient transfer
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.210.718 – transition to adult care
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.210.812 – transitional care
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.407 – patient-centered care
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.407.250 – narrative medicine
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.407.500 – patient navigation
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.605 – refusal to treat
• MeSH  N04.590.233.727.605.500 – conscientious refusal to treat
• MeSH  N04.590.233.799 – progressive patient care
• MeSH  N04.590.254 – healthcare crew resource management
• MeSH  N04.590.374 – delivery of health care
• MeSH  N04.590.374.034 – after-hours care
• MeSH  N04.590.374.034.500 – answering services
• MeSH  N04.590.374.070 – professional delegation
• MeSH  N04.590.374.142 – integrated delivery of health care
• MeSH  N04.590.374.142.600 – provider-sponsored organizations
• MeSH  N04.590.374.285 – health care reform
• MeSH  N04.590.374.350 – health services accessibility
• MeSH  N04.590.374.410 – managed care programs
• MeSH  N04.590.374.410.175 – competitive medical plans
• MeSH  N04.590.374.410.400 – health maintenance organizations
• MeSH  N04.590.374.410.450 – independent practice associations
• MeSH  N04.590.374.410.700 – patient freedom of choice laws
• MeSH  N04.590.374.410.750 – preferred provider organizations
• MeSH  N04.590.374.410.875 – provider-sponsored organizations
• MeSH  N04.590.374.600 – product line management
• MeSH  N04.590.374.800 – telemedicine
• MeSH  N04.590.374.800.550 – remote consultation
• MeSH  N04.590.374.800.600 – telepathology
• MeSH  N04.590.374.800.700 – teleradiology
• MeSH  N04.590.374.900 – uncompensated care
• MeSH  N04.590.607 – disease management
• MeSH  N04.590.715 – patient care team
• MeSH  N04.590.715.571 – team nursing
• MeSH  N04.590.731 – patient selection
• MeSH  N04.590.874 – point-of-care systems

MeSH  N04.761 – quality of health care

• MeSH  N04.761.316 – advance directive adherence
• MeSH  N04.761.210 – clinical competence
• MeSH  N04.761.337 – guideline adherence
• MeSH  N04.761.559 – outcome and process assessment (health care)
• MeSH  N04.761.559.590 – outcome assessment (health care)
• MeSH  N04.761.559.590.399 – patient outcome assessment
• MeSH  N04.761.559.590.800 – treatment outcome
• MeSH  N04.761.559.590.800.760 – treatment failure
• MeSH  N04.761.559.590.900 – watchful waiting
• MeSH  N04.761.559.650 – process assessment (health care)
• MeSH  N04.761.616 – health care peer review
• MeSH  N04.761.673 – professional review organizations
• MeSH  N04.761.685 – program evaluation
• MeSH  N04.761.685.150 – benchmarking
• MeSH  N04.761.700 – health care quality assurance
• MeSH  N04.761.700.075 – health personnel alert fatigue
• MeSH  N04.761.700.150 – benchmarking
• MeSH  N04.761.700.250 – clinical audit
• MeSH  N04.761.700.250.295 – dental audit
• MeSH  N04.761.700.250.500 – medical audit
• MeSH  N04.761.700.250.500.100 – commission on professional and hospital activities
• MeSH  N04.761.700.250.520 – nursing audit
• MeSH  N04.761.700.350 – guidelines
• MeSH  N04.761.700.350.324 – codes of ethics
• MeSH  N04.761.700.350.650 – practice guidelines
• MeSH  N04.761.700.512 – laboratory proficiency testing
• MeSH  N04.761.700.594 – healthcare near miss
• MeSH  N04.761.700.615 – potentially inappropriate medication list
• MeSH  N04.761.700.635 – healthcare timeout
• MeSH  N04.761.700.675 – total quality management
• MeSH  N04.761.744 – quality improvement
• MeSH  N04.761.744.500 – meaningful use
• MeSH  N04.761.744.750 – value-based health insurance
• MeSH  N04.761.789 – health care quality indicators
• MeSH  N04.761.789.800 – risk adjustment
• MeSH  N04.761.789.900 – standard of care
• MeSH  N04.761.879 – utilization review
• MeSH  N04.761.879.200 – concurrent review
• MeSH  N04.761.879.300 – drug utilization review

MeSH  N04.880 – school mental health services

MeSH  N04.940 – universal healthcare

The list continues at List of MeSH codes (N05).