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Descriptor
English
:
Gatekeeping
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Control de Acceso
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Controle de Acesso
Tree Number:
N04.452.758.849.350
Definition
English
:
The controlling of access to
health services
, usually by primary care providers; often used in managed care settings to reduce utilization of expensive services and reduce referrals. (From
BIOETHICS
Thesaurus, 1999)
History Note
English
:
2000
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
34590
Unique Identifier:
D020793
Occurrence in VHL
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