"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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Misuse" by people in Profiles.
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Chance WW, Ortiz-Ortiz KJ, Liao KP, Zavala Zegarra DE, Stauder MC, Giordano SH, Tortolero-Luna G, Guadagnolo BA. Underuse of Radiation Therapy After Breast Conservation Surgery in Puerto Rico: A Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry-Health Insurance Linkage Database Study. J Glob Oncol. 2018 09; 4:1-9.
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Trepka MJ, Mukherjee S, Beck-Sagu? C, Maddox LM, Fennie KP, Sheehan DM, Prabhakar M, Thompson D, Lieb S. Missed Opportunities for Preventing Perinatal Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Florida, 2007-2014. South Med J. 2017 02; 110(2):116-128.
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Levine DM, Linder JA, Landon BE. The Quality of Outpatient Care Delivered to Adults in the United States, 2002 to 2013. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Dec 01; 176(12):1778-1790.
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Yazdanshenas H, Bazargan M, Smith J, Martins D, Motahari H, Orum G. Pain Treatment of Underserved Older African Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 10; 64(10):2116-2121.
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Tan A, Zhou J, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Variation among Primary Care Physicians in the Use of Imaging for Older Patients with Acute Low Back Pain. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Feb; 31(2):156-163.
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Tan A, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Potential overuse of screening mammography and its association with access to primary care. Med Care. 2014 Jun; 52(6):490-5.
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Sheffield KM, Han Y, Kuo YF, Riall TS, Goodwin JS. Potentially inappropriate screening colonoscopy in Medicare patients: variation by physician and geographic region. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Apr 08; 173(7):542-50.
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Tamura BK, Bell CL, Inaba M, Masaki KH. Outcomes of polypharmacy in nursing home residents. Clin Geriatr Med. 2012 May; 28(2):217-36.
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Abello A, Brieger B, Dear K, King B, Ziebell C, Ahmed A, Milling TJ. Care plan program reduces the number of visits for challenging psychiatric patients in the ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Sep; 30(7):1061-7.
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Goodwin JS, Singh A, Reddy N, Riall TS, Kuo YF. Overuse of screening colonoscopy in the Medicare population. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Aug 08; 171(15):1335-43.