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.

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A geographic location which has insufficient health resources (manpower and/or facilities) to meet the medical needs of the resident population.

Descriptor ID	D008507
MeSH Number(s)	N03.349.650.340 N05.300.450.520
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 National Health Service Corps National Health Service Corps Health Service Corps, National

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Medically Underserved Area".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Health Planning [N03.349]
Regional Health Planning [N03.349.650]
Medically Underserved Area [N03.349.650.340]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Health Services Needs and Demand [N05.300.450]
Medically Underserved Area [N05.300.450.520]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Medically Underserved Area".

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

Bar chart showing 66 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2004 and 2005 and 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	0	1
2003	3	0	3
2004	1	4	5
2005	2	3	5
2006	2	1	3
2007	3	0	3
2008	1	3	4
2009	2	0	2
2010	2	1	3
2011	1	3	4
2012	2	3	5
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	2	3
2015	1	3	4
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	1	2
2018	2	1	3
2019	3	0	3
2020	2	2	4
2021	0	2	2
2023	0	3	3
2024	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Medically Underserved Area" by people in Profiles.

Snyder EM, Withy K, Dever G, Decherong C, Adelbai-Fraser M, Mekoll N, Uherbelau G, Kamal RN, Shapiro LM. Orthopedic surgery in Palau-Current capacity, needs, and future directions. World J Surg. 2024 04; 48(4):845-854.

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Adepoju OE, Kiaghadi A, Shokouhi Niaki D, Karunwi A, Chen H, Woodard L. Rethinking access to care: A spatial-economic analysis of the potential impact of pharmacy closures in the United States. PLoS One. 2023; 18(7):e0289284.

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Jackson AM, Woo J, Olson M, Dalisay F, Pokhrel P, Muller CJ, Okamoto SK. Methodological Challenges in Web-Based Qualitative Research With Medically Underserved Populations. J Med Internet Res. 2023 03 30; 25:e44086.

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Frietze GA, Mancera BM, Kenney MJ. COVID-19 Testing, Vaccine Perceptions, and Trust among Hispanics Residing in an Underserved Community. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 03 14; 20(6).

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Garba NA, Anderson F, Schneider GW, Bisschops J, Bhoite P, Lage OO, Sackstein R, Brown DR. Caring for Vulnerable Communities in Miami Dade County during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2021; 32(2):598-606.

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Adepoju O, Liaw W, Chae M, Ojinnaka C, Britton E, Reves S, Etz R. COVID-19 and Telehealth Operations in Texas Primary Care Clinics: Disparities in Medically Underserved Area Clinics. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2021; 32(2):948-957.

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Bencomo-Alvarez AE, Gonzalez MA, Rubio AJ, Olivas IM, Lara JJ, Padilla O, Orazi A, Corral J, Philipovskiy A, Gaur S, Mulla ZD, Dwivedi AK, Eiring AM. Ethnic and border differences on blood cancer presentation and outcomes: A Texas population-based study. Cancer. 2021 04 01; 127(7):1068-1079.

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Bazargan M, Wisseh C, Adinkrah E, Ameli H, Santana D, Cobb S, Assari S. Influenza Vaccination among Underserved African-American Older Adults. Biomed Res Int. 2020; 2020:2160894.

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Annett RD, Chervinskiy S, Chun TH, Cowan K, Foster K, Goodrich N, Hirschfeld M, Hsia DS, Jarvis JD, Kulbeth K, Madden C, Nesmith C, Raissy H, Ross J, Saul JP, Shiramizu B, Smith P, Sullivan JE, Tucker L, Atz AM. IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network for Underserved and Rural Communities. Pediatrics. 2020 10; 146(4).

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Adinkrah E, Bazargan M, Wisseh C, Assari S. Adherence to Hypertension Medications and Lifestyle Recommendations among Underserved African American Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 09 08; 17(18).

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