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Descriptor English: Fraud
Descriptor Spanish: Fraude
Descriptor fraude
Entry term(s) fraude en sistemas de salud
fraude sanitario
fraudes
fraudes en sistemas de salud
soborno
sobornos
Scope note: Explotación mediante la desfiguración de los hechos o la ocultación de los propósitos del explotador.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fraude
Descriptor French: Escroquerie
Entry term(s): Counterfeiting, Drug
Drug Counterfeiting
Fraud, Health Care
Fraud, Healthcare
Health Care Fraud
Health Care Frauds
Healthcare Fraud
Kickback
Kickbacks
Tree number(s): I01.198.240.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005607
Scope note: Exploitation through misrepresentation of the facts or concealment of the purposes of the exploiter.
Annotation: for drug counterfeiting, coordinate with COUNTERFEIT DRUGS; FRAUD, SCIENTIFIC see SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 1977; see CRIME 1977-1990; for KICKBACKS see CRIME 1992-1993; for DRUG COUNTERFEITING see COUNTERFEIT DRUGS 2011-2018
Online Note: use CRIME to search KICKBACKS 1992-93
History Note: 1977; use CRIME 1977-1990; for KICKBACKS use CRIME 1992-1993; for DRUG COUNTERFEITING use COUNTERFEIT DRUGS 2011-2018
Related: Deception MeSH
Professional Misconduct MeSH
Quackery MeSH
DeCS ID: 5742
Unique ID: D005607
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/05
Revision Date: 2018/07/02
Fraud - Preferred
Concept UI M0008822
Scope note Exploitation through misrepresentation of the facts or concealment of the purposes of the exploiter.
Preferred term Fraud
Kickbacks - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0008823
Preferred term Kickbacks
Entry term(s) Kickback
Drug Counterfeiting - Narrower
Concept UI M000643422
Preferred term Drug Counterfeiting
Entry term(s) Counterfeiting, Drug
Health Care Fraud - Narrower
Concept UI M0008824
Preferred term Health Care Fraud
Entry term(s) Fraud, Health Care
Fraud, Healthcare
Health Care Frauds
Healthcare Fraud



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