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Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Health Services Misuse > Medical Overuse
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Attitude > Attitude to Health > Health Services Misuse > Medical Overuse
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Delivery of Health Care > Attitude to Health > Health Services Misuse > Medical Overuse
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Delivery of Health Care > Attitude to Health > Health Services Misuse > Medical Overuse

Preferred term

Medical Overuse  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Excessive or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians.

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Entry terms

  • Health Services Overuse
  • Health Services Overutilization
  • Overuse, Health Services
  • Overutilization of Health Services
  • Unnecessary Health Care

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Surmédicalisation

    French

  • Surutilisation des services de santé
  • Surutilisation des soins de santé
  • Utilisation excessive des services de santé
  • Utilisation excessive des soins de santé

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-S32TPH35-2

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