Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003688
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003688
Preferred Name

Deinstitutionalization

Definitions
The practice of caring for individuals in the community, rather than in an institutional environment with resultant effects on the individual, the individual's family, the community, and the health care system.
Synonyms
Deinstitutionalized Persons
Person, Deinstitutionalized
Persons, Deinstitutionalized
Deinstitutionalized Person
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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