"Health Services Misuse" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Excessive, under or unnecessary utilization of health services by patients or physicians.
| Descriptor ID |
D006300
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.380 N05.300.150.395
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Services Misuse- Health Services Misuse
- Health Services Misuses
- Misuses, Health Services
- Misuse, Health Services
- Misuse of Health Services
Health Services Underutilization- Health Services Underutilization
- Health Services Underutilizations
- Underutilization, Health Services
- Underutilizations, Health Services
- Underuse, Health Services
- Health Services Underuses
- Underuses, Health Services
- Health Services Underuse
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Misuse" by people in Profiles.
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Levin DC, Parker L, Schwartz GF, Rao VM. Percutaneous needle vs surgical breast biopsy: previous allegations of overuse of surgery are in error. J Am Coll Radiol. 2012 Feb; 9(2):137-40.
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Levin DC, Rao VM. Turf wars in radiology: updated evidence on the relationship between self-referral and the overutilization of imaging. J Am Coll Radiol. 2008 Jul; 5(7):806-10.
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Levin DC. The 2005 Robert D. Moreton lecture: the inappropriate utilization of imaging through self-referral. J Am Coll Radiol. 2006 Feb; 3(2):90-5.
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Gladstone J, Eross E, Dodick D. Chronic daily headache: a rational approach to a challenging problem. Semin Neurol. 2003 Sep; 23(3):265-76.