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Quaternary Prevention MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Quaternary Prevention
Tree Number(s)
N02.421.726.784
N04.590.374.675
N05.300.703
N06.850.780.715
Unique ID
D000081404
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000081404
Scope Note
Actions taken to protect individuals (i.e. persons/patients) from unnecessary medical interventions that are likely to cause more harm than good.
See Also
Medical Overuse
Public MeSH Note
2020
History Note
2020
Date Established
2020/01/01
Date of Entry
2019/07/08
Revision Date
2019/07/08
Quaternary Prevention Preferred
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