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Preferred term

Uncompensated Care  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Care, Indigent
  • Indigent Care

Note

  • absence of payment to physician, dentist, other health professional, hosp; includes lack of compensation in pro bono work & charity care & as a result of bad debts

Scope note

  • Medical services for which no payment is received. Uncompensated care includes charity care and bad debts.

History note

  • 1994; for INDIGENT CARE use MEDICAL INDIGENCY 1968-1999, use INDIGENT CARE 1963-1967

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017664

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