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Descriptor English: Gatekeeping
Descriptor Spanish: Control de Acceso
Descriptor control de acceso
Scope note: Control del acceso a los servicios de salud, ejercido generalmente por los proveedores de atención primaria y que se aplica con frecuencia en contextos de atención gestionada para reducir la utilización de servicios más caros y las remisiones a otros servicios. (Traducción libre del original: BIOETHICS Thesaurus, 1999).
Descriptor Portuguese: Controle de Acesso
Descriptor French: Régulation de l'accès aux soins spécialisés
Tree number(s): N04.452.758.849.350
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020793
Scope note: The controlling of access to health services, usually by primary care providers; often used in managed care settings to reduce utilization of expensive services and reduce referrals. (From BIOETHICS Thesaurus, 1999)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Referral and Consultation (1990-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
DeCS ID: 34590
Unique ID: D020793
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Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2003/07/22
Gatekeeping - Preferred
Concept UI M0328103
Scope note The controlling of access to health services, usually by primary care providers; often used in managed care settings to reduce utilization of expensive services and reduce referrals. (From BIOETHICS Thesaurus, 1999)
Preferred term Gatekeeping



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