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DeCS

Descriptor English:

Medical Overuse

Descriptor Spanish:

Uso Excesivo de los Servicios de Salud

Descriptor Portuguese:

Uso Excessivo de Produtos e Serviços de Saúde

Synonyms English:

Overmedicalization
Overmedicalisation
Overutilization of Health Services

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Definition English:

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

See Related English:

History Note English:

2016; for HEALTH SERVICES OVERUTILIZATION use HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE 1978-2015

Allowable Qualifiers English:

EC economics	LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control	SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends

Record Number:

56213

Unique Identifier:

D000069342

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