"Fraud" 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.
Exploitation through misrepresentation of the facts or concealment of the purposes of the exploiter.
| Descriptor ID |
D005607
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.198.240.300
|
| Concept/Terms |
Health Care Fraud- Health Care Fraud
- Fraud, Health Care
- Frauds, Health Care
- Health Care Frauds
- Healthcare Fraud
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Fraud".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Fraud".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fraud" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fraud" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Fraud" by people in Profiles.
-
Sophus AI, Mitchell JW. Assessment of Fraud Deterrence and Detection Procedures Used in a Web-Based Survey Study With Adult Black Cisgender Women: Description of Lessons Learned and Recommendations. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Mar 12; 9:e59955.
-
Craig LS, Evans CL, Taylor BD, Patterson J, Whitfield K, Hill M, Nwagwu M, Mubasher M, Bednarczyk RA, McCray GG, Gaddis CLR, Taylor N, Thompson E, Douglas U, Latimer SK, Spivey SG, Henry Akintobi T, Quarells RC. Challenges and Lessons Learned in Managing Web-Based Survey Fraud for the Garnering Effective Outreach and Research in Georgia for Impact Alliance-Community Engagement Alliance Survey Administrations. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2024 Dec 24; 10:e51786.
-
Goodwin JS, Nguyen-Oghalai TU, Kuo YF, Ottenbacher KJ. Epidemiology of Medicare abuse: the example of power wheelchairs. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Feb; 55(2):221-6.
-
Vick MR. The 'natural' growth hormone explosion: fact or fraud? P R Health Sci J. 2004 Sep; 23(3):189-92.
-
Forgione DA, Neuenschwander P, Vermeer TE. Diversion of prescription drugs to the black market: what the states are doing to curb the tide. J Health Care Finance. 2001; 27(4):65-78.
-
Forgione DA. Corporate compliance plans in health care organizations: a top-down perspective. J Health Care Finance. 1998; 24(4):87-92.