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MeSH Heading: Medical Overuse
Tree Number(s): N02.421.380.450; N05.300.150.395.450
Unique ID: D000069342
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000069342
Scope Note: Excessive or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians.
Entry Term(s): Health Services Overuse; Health Services Overutilization; Medical Preference Misdiagnosis; Overuse, Health Services; Overutilization of Health Services; Preference Misdiagnosis; Unnecessary Health Care; Unwanted Medical Care
Previous Indexing: Unnecessary Procedures (2014-2015)
See Also: Diagnostic Errors; Drug Overdose; Inappropriate Prescribing; Polypharmacy
Public MeSH Note: 2016; for HEALTH SERVICES OVERUTILIZATION see HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE 1978-2015
History Note: 2016; for HEALTH SERVICES OVERUTILIZATION use HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE 1978-2015
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/03/05

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

prevention & control (PC)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M000605497
Scope Note: Excessive or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians.
Terms: Medical Overuse Preferred Term
Term UI T000879591
Date05/12/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Health Services Overutilization
Term UI T019101
Date05/12/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Overutilization of Health Services
Term UI T019102
Date05/12/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Health Services Overuse
Term UI T000870970
Date11/19/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Overuse, Health Services
Term UI T000870973
Date11/19/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Unnecessary Health Care
Term UI T001094362
Date01/06/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

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