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Descriptor English: Health Services Misuse
Descriptor Spanish: Mal Uso de los Servicios de Salud
Descriptor mal uso de los servicios sanitarios
Entry term(s) abuso de los servicios de salud
abuso de los servicios sanitarios
mal uso de los servicios de salud
subutilización de los servicios de salud
Scope note: Utilización excesiva, poco necesaria o innecesaria, de los servicios sanitarios por parte de pacientes o de médicos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mau Uso de Serviços de Saúde
Descriptor French: Mésusage des services de santé
Entry term(s): Abuse of Health Services
Health Services Abuse
Health Services Abuses
Health Services Misuses
Health Services Underuse
Health Services Underuses
Health Services Underutilization
Health Services Underutilizations
Misuse of Health Services
Misuse, Health Services
Misuses, Health Services
Underuse, Health Services
Underuses, Health Services
Underutilization, Health Services
Underutilizations, Health Services
Tree number(s): N02.421.380
N05.300.150.395
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006300
Scope note: Excessive, under or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians.
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under HEALTH SERVICES Aug 1977-90
History Note: 91(Aug 77); was see under HEALTH SERVICES 1977-90
Entry Version: HEALTH SERV MISUSE
Related: Munchausen Syndrome MeSH
DeCS ID: 6452
Unique ID: D006300
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/12
Revision Date: 2015/06/26
Health Services Misuse - Preferred
Concept UI M0009903
Scope note Excessive, under or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians.
Preferred term Health Services Misuse
Entry term(s) Health Services Misuses
Misuse of Health Services
Misuse, Health Services
Misuses, Health Services
Abuse of Health Services - Narrower
Concept UI M0009902
Preferred term Abuse of Health Services
Entry term(s) Health Services Abuse
Health Services Abuses
Health Services Underutilization - Narrower
Concept UI M000599807
Preferred term Health Services Underutilization
Entry term(s) Health Services Underuse
Health Services Underuses
Health Services Underutilizations
Underuse, Health Services
Underuses, Health Services
Underutilization, Health Services
Underutilizations, Health Services



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