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MeSH Heading: Health Care Rationing
Tree Number(s): I01.261.750.500; N03.349.270; N05.300.430.375
Unique ID: D015276
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015276
Scope Note: Planning for the equitable allocation, apportionment, or distribution of available health resources.
Entry Term(s): Allocation of Health Care Resources; Allocation of Healthcare Resources; Healthcare Rationing; Rationing, Health Care
Previous Indexing: Health Resources/supply & distribution (1978-1988); Health Services/supply & distribution (1974-1988)
See Also: Patient Selection
Public MeSH Note: 89
History Note: 89
Date Introduced: 1989/01/01
Last Updated: 2021/03/12

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M0023516
Scope Note: Planning for the equitable allocation, apportionment, or distribution of available health resources.
Terms: Health Care Rationing Preferred Term
Term UI T044879
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1989); Allocation of Health Care Resources
Term UI T001097010
Date02/12/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Allocation of Healthcare Resources
Term UI T001097011
Date02/12/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Rationing, Health Care
Term UI T044878
Date05/19/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Healthcare Rationing
Term UI T044880
Date01/10/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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