| Descriptor English: | Medical Indigency | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Indigencia Médica
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Indigência Médica | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Indigence médicale | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Indigencies, Medical Indigency, Medical Medical Indigencies |
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| Tree number(s): |
N01.824.460 N03.219.780 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008489 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The condition in which individuals are financially unable to access adequate medical care without depriving themselves and their dependents of food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials of living. |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
EC economics EH ethnology HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data TD trends |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 68; was INDIGENT CARE 1963-67 |
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| Online Note: | use MEDICAL INDIGENCY to search INDIGENT CARE 1966-67 |
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| History Note: | 68; was INDIGENT CARE 1963-67 |
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| Entry Version: | MED INDIGENCY |
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| Related: |
Medically Uninsured
MeSH Uncompensated Care MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 23310 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D008489 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | W 250 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1968/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 1999/11/03 |
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Medical Indigency
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0013212 |
| Scope note | The condition in which individuals are financially unable to access adequate medical care without depriving themselves and their dependents of food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials of living. |
| Preferred term | Medical Indigency |
| Entry term(s) |
Indigencies, Medical Indigency, Medical Medical Indigencies |
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