Medicaid

"Medicaid" 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.

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Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, administered by the states, that provides health care benefits to indigent and medically indigent persons.

Descriptor ID	D008484
MeSH Number(s)	N03.219.521.346.506.564.655 N03.706.615.693
Concept/Terms	Medicaid Medicaid Medical Assistance, Title 19 Medical Assistance, Title 19 Dental Medicaid Program Dental Medicaid Program Program, Dental Medicaid Programs, Dental Medicaid Medicaid Program, Dental Medicaid Programs, Dental Dental Medicaid Programs

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Medicaid".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Economics [N03.219]
Financing, Organized [N03.219.521]
Financing, Government [N03.219.521.346]
Public Assistance [N03.219.521.346.506]
Medical Assistance [N03.219.521.346.506.564]
Medicaid [N03.219.521.346.506.564.655]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Legislation as Topic [N03.706.615]
Medicaid [N03.706.615.693]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Medicaid".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medicaid" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medicaid" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 106 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2020 and 2021 and 2024 and 2025

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	1	2
2001	1	0	1
2002	0	2	2
2003	1	1	2
2004	2	1	3
2005	1	1	2
2006	1	1	2
2007	1	1	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	2	3
2012	0	3	3
2013	4	2	6
2014	4	1	5
2015	2	4	6
2016	3	3	6
2017	5	3	8
2018	3	1	4
2019	1	2	3
2020	6	3	9
2021	4	5	9
2022	1	3	4
2023	4	1	5
2024	5	4	9
2025	7	2	9

Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicaid" by people in Profiles.

Akinyemi O, Fasokun M, Eze A, Ugochukwu N, Arshad S, Belie O, Hughes K, Cornwell Iii E, Levy G. Association of medicaid expansion with lung cancer-specific and overall mortality: A difference-in-differences analysis. PLoS One. 2026; 21(4):e0332292.

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Nnorom SO, Cornwell EE, Williams M, Hayes Dixon A, Ford D, Fullum T, Evans A, Hughes K, Tee M, Chu QD. Affordable Care Act Expansion and the Trauma Care Paradox: Increased Mortality Amid Improved Insurance Coverage. J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Apr 01; 242(4):811-820.

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Akinyemi O, Oyebanji O, Fasokun M, Abodunrin F, Ekwunazu C, Ogunyankin F, Oluborode B, Hughes K, Michael M, Williams R, Lawson S. Medicaid Expansion and Overall Mortality Among Women With Breast Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jan 02; 9(1):e2554512.

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Wightman P, Nation KM, Sabo S, Asantewaa S, Spevak K, Celaya M. Evaluation protocol using propensity score matching to assess the impact of Arizona's Health Start Programme on maternal morbidity, chronic disease and mental health outcomes among Medicaid-enrolled mothers. BMJ Open. 2025 Nov 19; 15(11):e094445.

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Thind BS, Maddalena M, Baqai W, Frencher SK, Jih WW. Evaluating the Impact of an eConsult Platform on Specialty Care Access for Medicaid Patients. J Am Board Fam Med. 2025 Sep 15; 38(3):592-598.

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Xu H, Li S, Bowblis JR, Pappadis MR, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Medicaid Payments and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Alzheimer Disease Special Care Units. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2525057.

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Allen DC, Rabionet SE, Dale SK, Popovici I. What Is the Effect of Medicaid Expansions on Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention Use among Women? AIDS Behav. 2025 Dec; 29(12):3916-3930.

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Akinyemi O, Ogunyankin F, Fasokun M, Abodunrin F, Eze O, Ndebele-Ngwenya P, Geter K, Hughes K, Lawson S. Medicaid expansion and overall mortality among women with cervical cancer. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2026 Jan; 172(1):343-350.

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Harris J, Zeineddin A, Li S, Carmona J, Chu QD, Fullum TM, Cornwell EE, Williams M. Effects of socioeconomics on biliary disease in patients with sickle cell. Am J Surg. 2025 Oct; 248:116524.

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Atanda A, Amedari MI, Agaku IT, Hayman LW, Hossain MB. Medicaid expansion, dental visits and expenditures in veterans, older adults, and the foreign-born. Sci Rep. 2025 Jun 04; 15(1):19669.

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