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Descriptor English: Resource Allocation
Descriptor Spanish: Asignación de Recursos
Descriptor asignación de recursos
Entry term(s) eficiencia en la asignación
Scope note: Decisiones sociales e individuales sobre la distribución equitativa de los recursos disponibles.
Descriptor Portuguese: Alocação de Recursos
Descriptor French: Allocation des ressources
Entry term(s): Allocation of Resources
Allocation, Resource
Allocations, Resource
Allocative Efficiency
Efficiency, Allocative
Resource Allocations
Resources Allocation
Tree number(s): I01.261.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D040841
Scope note: Societal or individual decisions about the equitable distribution of available resources.
Annotation: for health care resource allocation, use HEALTH CARE RATIONING; use both terms only when a discussion of health care resource allocation is accompanied by a more theoretical discussion of the concept of equity in the distribution of limited resources
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 37678
Unique ID: D040841
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2014/06/16
Resource Allocation - Preferred
Concept UI M0023517
Scope note Societal or individual decisions about the equitable distribution of available resources.
Preferred term Resource Allocation
Entry term(s) Allocation of Resources
Allocation, Resource
Allocations, Resource
Resource Allocations
Resources Allocation
Allocative Efficiency - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0588507
Scope note Optimal distribution of goods and services.
Preferred term Allocative Efficiency
Entry term(s) Efficiency, Allocative



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