"Uncompensated Care" 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.
Medical services for which no payment is received. Uncompensated care includes charity care and bad debts.
| Descriptor ID |
D017664
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.374.900 N05.300.830
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uncompensated Care" by people in Profiles.
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Essential but Undefined - Reimagining How Policymakers Identify Safety-Net Hospitals. N Engl J Med. 2020 Dec 31; 383(27):2593-2595.
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Comprehensive Hearing Aid Intervention at a Free Subspecialty Clinic. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 09 01; 143(9):876-880.
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Defining the activities of publicness for Korea's public community hospitals using the Delphi method. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Mar; 96(11):e6402.
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Charity calls for NHS to commission services to improve health of homeless people. BMJ. 2012 Oct 02; 345:e6608.