"Utilization Review" 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.
An organized procedure carried out through committees to review admissions, duration of stay, professional services furnished, and to evaluate the medical necessity of those services and promote their most efficient use.
| Descriptor ID |
D014600
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.879 N05.700.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Utilization Review- Utilization Review
- Review, Utilization
- Reviews, Utilization
- Utilization Reviews
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Utilization Review" by people in Profiles.
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[Relevance of Living Wills During Post-Resuscitation Care]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2017 Jul; 142(14):e95-e99.
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Usability Evaluation of a Medication Reconciliation and Allergy Review (MRAR) Kiosk: A Methodological Approach for Analyzing User Interactions. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015; 218:61-67.
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Physician self-referral: frequency of negative findings at MR imaging of the knee as a marker of appropriate utilization. Radiology. 2013 Dec; 269(3):810-5.
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Trauma patients: you can get them in, but you can't get them out. Am J Surg. 2008 Jan; 195(1):78-83.
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Characteristics of HIV infected patients cared for at "academic model for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS" clinics in western Kenya. East Afr Med J. 2006 Aug; 83(8):424-33.
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Direct mail intervention to increase retinal examination rates in Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes. Am J Med Qual. 2000 Nov-Dec; 15(6):257-62.
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Characteristics and hospital utilization of the Oklahoma Medicare population: 1994-1996. J Okla State Med Assoc. 1998 Mar-Apr; 91(2):60-7.
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Reducing EKG use with the support of physicians and patients. J Healthc Qual. 1997 Jan-Feb; 19(1):19-21.