| Descriptor English: | Uncompensated Care | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Atención no Remunerada
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Cuidados de Saúde não Remunerados | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Soins gratuits | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Care, Indigent Care, Uncompensated Indigent Care |
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| Tree number(s): |
N04.590.374.900 N05.300.830 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017664 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Medical services for which no payment is received. Uncompensated care includes charity care and bad debts. |
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| Annotation: | absence of payment to physician, dentist, other health professional, hosp; includes lack of compensation in pro bono work & charity care & as a result of bad debts |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence SN statistics & numerical data TD trends |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 1994; for INDIGENT CARE see MEDICAL INDIGENCY 1968-1999, see INDIGENT CARE 1963-1967 |
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| History Note: | 1994; for INDIGENT CARE use MEDICAL INDIGENCY 1968-1999, use INDIGENT CARE 1963-1967 |
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| Related: |
Medical Indigency
MeSH Medically Uninsured MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 30989 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D017664 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1994/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1992/12/28 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2018/06/29 |
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Uncompensated Care
- Preferred
Indigent Care
- Narrower
| Concept UI |
M0026719 |
| Scope note | Medical services for which no payment is received. Uncompensated care includes charity care and bad debts. |
| Preferred term | Uncompensated Care |
| Entry term(s) |
Care, Uncompensated |
| Concept UI |
M0013211 |
| Preferred term | Indigent Care |
| Entry term(s) |
Care, Indigent |
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