"Health Policy" 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.
Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.
| Descriptor ID |
D006291
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.655.500.608.400 I01.880.604.825.608.400 N03.623.500.608.428
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Policy- Health Policy
- Health Policies
- Policies, Health
- Policy, Health
National Health Policy- National Health Policy
- Health Policies, National
- Health Policy, National
- National Health Policies
- Policies, National Health
- Policy, National Health
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Policy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Policy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2014 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2018 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2020 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Policy" by people in Profiles.
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Medical vs Nonmedical Immunization Exemptions for Child Care and School Attendance: Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2025 Aug 01; 156(2).
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Human Trafficking and Exploitation of Children and Adolescents: Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2025 Jul 01; 156(1).
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The Relationship Between State Level Policy, Insurance and Health Care Engagement for LGBTQ+ Foster Alumni. J Homosex. 2024 Nov 09; 71(13):3147-3173.
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Introducing risk inequality metrics in tuberculosis policy development. Nat Commun. 2019 06 06; 10(1):2480.
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Sustainability via Active Garden Education: Translating Policy to Practice in Early Care and Education. J Sch Health. 2019 04; 89(4):257-266.
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Effective Advocacy for Patients and Communities. Am Fam Physician. 2019 01 01; 99(1):44-46.
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Supplement Introduction: Accelerating Children's HIV/AIDS Treatment (ACT) Initiative: Using What We Learned to Maintain the Pace to Close the Pediatric HIV Treatment Gap. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 08 15; 78 Suppl 2:S63-S64.
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The Role of Big Data in the Development and Evaluation of US Dialysis Care. Am J Kidney Dis. 2018 10; 72(4):560-568.
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The state of the antivaccine movement in the United States: A focused examination of nonmedical exemptions in states and counties. PLoS Med. 2018 06; 15(6):e1002578.
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A Curriculum for an Interprofessional Seminar on Integrated Primary Care: Developing Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice. J Allied Health. 2018; 47(3):e61-e66.