| Descriptor English: | Medical Overuse | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Uso Excesivo de los Servicios de Salud
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Uso Excessivo dos Serviços de Saúde | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Surmédicalisation | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Health Services Overuse Health Services Overuses Health Services Overutilization Medical Care, Unwanted Medical Cares, Unwanted Medical Overuses Medical Preference Misdiagnoses Medical Preference Misdiagnosis Misdiagnoses, Medical Preference Misdiagnoses, Preference Misdiagnosis, Medical Preference Misdiagnosis, Preference Overuse, Health Services Overuse, Medical Overuses, Health Services Overuses, Medical Overutilization of Health Services Overutilization, Health Services Preference Misdiagnoses Preference Misdiagnoses, Medical Preference Misdiagnosis Preference Misdiagnosis, Medical Unnecessary Health Care Unwanted Medical Care Unwanted Medical Cares |
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| Tree number(s): |
N02.421.380.450 N05.300.150.395.450 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000069342 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Excessive or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians. |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
EC economics LJ legislation & jurisprudence PC prevention & control SN statistics & numerical data TD trends |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Unnecessary Procedures (2014-2015) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2016; for HEALTH SERVICES OVERUTILIZATION see HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE 1978-2015 |
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| History Note: | 2016; for HEALTH SERVICES OVERUTILIZATION use HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE 1978-2015 |
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| Related: |
Diagnostic Errors
MeSH Drug Overdose MeSH Inappropriate Prescribing MeSH Polypharmacy MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 56213 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D000069342 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2016/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 2015/07/09 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/07/07 |
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Medical Overuse
- Preferred
Medical Preference Misdiagnosis
- Narrower
| Concept UI |
M000605497 |
| Scope note | Excessive or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians. |
| Preferred term | Medical Overuse |
| Entry term(s) |
Health Services Overuse Health Services Overuses Health Services Overutilization Medical Overuses Overuse, Health Services Overuse, Medical Overuses, Health Services Overuses, Medical Overutilization of Health Services Overutilization, Health Services Unnecessary Health Care |
| Concept UI |
M000605498 |
| Preferred term | Medical Preference Misdiagnosis |
| Entry term(s) |
Medical Care, Unwanted Medical Cares, Unwanted Medical Preference Misdiagnoses Misdiagnoses, Medical Preference Misdiagnoses, Preference Misdiagnosis, Medical Preference Misdiagnosis, Preference Preference Misdiagnoses Preference Misdiagnoses, Medical Preference Misdiagnosis Preference Misdiagnosis, Medical Unwanted Medical Care Unwanted Medical Cares |
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