Health Care

Medical Debt

Debt related to, in whole or in part, transactions, accounts, or balances arising from the receipt of medical services, products, or devices.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Debt related to, in whole or in part, transactions, accounts, or balances arising from the receipt of medical services, products, or devices.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Healthcare Financial Debt
  • Debt, Healthcare Financial
  • Debt, Medical
  • Debts, Healthcare Financial
  • Debts, Medical
  • Financial Debt, Healthcare
  • Financial Debts, Healthcare
  • Healthcare Financial Debts
  • Medical Debts
  • Medical Financial Hardship
  • Financial Hardship, Medical
  • Financial Hardships, Medical
  • Hardship, Medical Financial
  • Hardships, Medical Financial
  • Medical Financial Hardships

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Aspects Covered

4 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings history, legislation & jurisprudence, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

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History Note

2025

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Tree Numbers

  1. N03w.219w.151.450w.201w
  2. N05.300w.385w.201w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medical Debt. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000098566. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000098566
  2. Medical Debt. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_debt
  3. Medical Debt. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6806499