"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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| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Policy" by people in Profiles.
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Chaffee BW, Donaldson CD, Couch ET, Andersen-Rodgers E, Guerra C, Cheng NF, Ameli N, Stupplebeen D, Farooq O, Wilkinson M, Gansky S, Zhang X, Hoeft K. "I think we can do without [tobacco]": support for policies to end the tobacco epidemic among California adolescents. Tob Control. 2025 Dec 19; 34(e1):e17-e24.
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Oikawa M, Otake T, Awatani T, Noguchi H, Kawamura A. Impacts of health checkup programs standardization on working-age self-employed and unemployed: Insights from Japan's local government response to national policy. J Health Econ. 2025 Sep; 103:103046.
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Carew JW, Radulescu SC, Zhang L, Ungurean C, Calomfirescu C, Furtunescu F, Soliman AS. Breast cancer mortality in Romania: trends, regional and rural-urban inequalities, and policy implications. BMC Cancer. 2025 Jul 01; 25(1):1038.
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Burgess R, Srebotnjak T, Lin C, Grierson L, Esty DC, Ransome Y, Freudenberg N. Toward Monitoring and Addressing the Commercial Determinants of Health: Where Can We Go From Here? Milbank Q. 2025 Jun; 103(2):254-315.
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Lindly OJ, Abate D, Fuchu PL, Kuhn JL, Mudnal Bharath PS, Asantewaa SM, Feinberg E, Broder-Fingert S. The impact of state policy on early autism diagnosis: A qualitative investigation. Autism. 2025 08; 29(8):2163-2180.
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Xu H, Bowblis JR, Li S, Heston-Mullins J, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Changes in Federal and State Policies on Visitation Restrictions in Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Appl Gerontol. 2025 Dec; 44(12):2027-2034.
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Gierbolini-Rivera RD, De Paula da Silva AA, Silva MF, Favar?o Le?o AL, Ramirez-Marrero FA. Physical Activity in Puerto Rico: Recommendations for Research, Surveillance, and Policy Development. P R Health Sci J. 2025 Mar; 44(1):63-68.
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Guariguata L, Burlar A, Greaves N, Harewood H, Khan R, Rosario-Rosado RV, Jones W, Roy B, Hassan S. A systems thinking framework for understanding rising childhood obesity in the Caribbean. Health Res Policy Syst. 2024 Aug 21; 22(1):115.
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Chory A, Bond K. Access to PrEP and other sexual health services for cisgender women in the United States: a review of state policy and Medicaid expansion. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1360349.
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O'Dare K, Mathis A, Tawk R, Atwell L, Jackson D. State Level Policies on First Responder Mental Health in the U.S.: A Scoping Review. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2024 07; 51(4):579-596.