"Medical Indigency" 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.
The condition in which individuals are financially unable to access adequate medical care without depriving themselves and their dependents of food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials of living.
| Descriptor ID |
D008489
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N01.824.460 N03.219.780
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| Concept/Terms |
Medical Indigency- Medical Indigency
- Indigency, Medical
- Indigencies, Medical
- Medical Indigencies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Indigency" by people in Profiles.
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Development of a federally qualified health center in Houston, Texas. Tex Med. 2007 Jul; 103(7):56-9.
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Indigent men's use of emergency departments over primary care settings. Am J Public Health. 2004 Jun; 94(6):906-7; author reply 907-8.
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Why elderly veterans choose VA services. Psychiatr Serv. 1997 Jan; 48(1):106-7.
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Medical students' attitudes toward providing care for the underserved. Are we training socially responsible physicians? JAMA. 1993 May 19; 269(19):2519-23.
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Are physicians obligated to treat indigent patients? Tex Med. 1991 Feb; 87(2):81-5.
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Nosocomial influenza in a general hospital for indigent patients. Can J Infect Control. 1991; 6(3):65-7.
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Patient compliance with aggressive multimodal therapy in locally advanced breast cancer. Cancer. 1988 Apr 01; 61(7):1453-6.