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Abstract
Excessive, under or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians.
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15 entry terms
- Misuse of Health Services
- Misuse, Health Services
- Health Services Misuses
- Misuses, Health Services
- Abuse of Health Services
- Health Services Underuse
- Health Services Underutilization
- Underuse, Health Services
- Health Services Abuse
- Health Services Abuses
- Health Services Underuses
- Health Services Underutilizations
- Underuses, Health Services
- Underutilization, Health Services
- Underutilizations, Health Services
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Indexed with the subheadings economics, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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History Note
91(Aug 77); was see under HEALTH SERVICES 1977-90
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- National Library of Medicine. Health Services Misuse. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006300. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006300
- Health Services Misuse. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70363384