Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Medical Identity Theft

Unauthorized access to personal information to obtain medical care or drugs, or to submit fraudulent billing for services. (from https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/medical-id-theft/index.asp)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Unauthorized access to personal information to obtain medical care or drugs, or to submit fraudulent billing for services. (from https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/medical-id-theft/index.asp)

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Identity Theft, Medical
  • Medical Identity Thefts
  • Theft, Medical Identity

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2014

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Previous Indexing

  • Fraud (2000-2013)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. I01w.198w.240w.300w.249w.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medical Identity Theft. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D063866. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D063866
  2. Medical Identity Theft. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69975590