Medically Underserved Area
"Medically Underserved Area" 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.
A geographic location which has insufficient health resources (manpower and/or facilities) to meet the medical needs of the resident population.
| Descriptor ID |
D008507
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.349.650.340 N05.300.450.520
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| Concept/Terms |
Medically Underserved Area- Medically Underserved Area
- Area, Medically Underserved
- Areas, Medically Underserved
- Medically Underserved Areas
- Underserved Area, Medically
- Underserved Areas, Medically
Physician Shortage Area- Physician Shortage Area
- Area, Physician Shortage
- Areas, Physician Shortage
- Physician Shortage Areas
- Shortage Area, Physician
- Shortage Areas, Physician
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medically Underserved Area" by people in Profiles.
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Marginalized measures: The harmonization of diversity in precision medicine research. Soc Stud Sci. 2025 04; 55(2):178-208.
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Reentry Reflections: Views on COVID-19 From a Global Health Trainee. Pediatrics. 2020 09; 146(3).
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Bridging the Cardiac Needs of a Large, Underserved Immigrant and Resettled Refugee Population. J Pediatr. 2020 04; 219:83-88.
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A Narrative Review of Diabetes Group Visits in Low-Income and Underserved Settings. Curr Diabetes Rev. 2019; 15(5):372-381.
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The Promise of Patient-Centered Text Messages for Encouraging HIV Testing in an Underserved Population. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2018 Jan - Feb; 29(1):101-106.
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Where are the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Providers and Where are They Needed? A Geographic Assessment. Behav Sleep Med. 2016 Nov-Dec; 14(6):687-98.
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Assessment of sexual activity and dysfunction in medically underserved women with gynecologic cancers. Gynecol Oncol. 2015 Oct; 139(1):134-40.
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Levels of symptom burden during chemotherapy for advanced lung cancer: differences between public hospitals and a tertiary cancer center. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jul 20; 29(21):2859-65.
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Point-of-care Helicobacter pylori urine antibody detection in a multi-ethnic adult population in the United States. Transl Res. 2006 Jul; 148(1):13-8.
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[The Mexican experience of social service in medicine. Perspectives on an ongoing effort]. Educ Med Salud. 1994 Jul-Sep; 28(3):341-54.