Health Care

Utilization Review

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Review, Utilization
  • Reviews, Utilization
  • Utilization Reviews

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  1. N04w.761w.879
  2. N05.700.900

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Utilization Review. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014600. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014600
  2. Utilization Review. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70488868