"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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Policy" by people in Profiles.
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In a shifting policy era: California provider knowledge and practice of medical exemption laws during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccine. 2026 Jan 01; 69:127993.
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AI, Health, and Health Care Today and Tomorrow: The JAMA Summit Report on Artificial Intelligence. JAMA. 2025 11 11; 334(18):1650-1664.
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State Policy Variation in Implementation of Federal Drug and Child Abuse Laws and Stigmatization of Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 May; 34(5):613-621.
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Life and Disability Insurance for People with or at Risk of HIV: Aligning Policy with Evidence. J Insur Med. 2024 Jul 01; 51(1):25-28.
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Rapid evidence review: Policy actions for the integration of public health and health care in the United States. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1098431.
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Evaluation of Trends in Homeschooling Rates After Elimination of Nonmedical Exemptions to Childhood Immunizations in California, 2012-2020. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 02 01; 5(2):e2146467.
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Persistence of Disparities Among Racially/Ethnically Marginalized Groups in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Regardless of Statewide Shelter-in-Place Policies: An Analysis From Northern California. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 11 02; 190(11):2300-2313.
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School-level perceptions and enforcement of the elimination of nonmedical exemptions to vaccination in California. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 07 03; 17(7):1986-1993.
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Creating Built Environments That Expand Active Transportation and Active Living Across the United States: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2020 09 15; 142(11):e167-e183.
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Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission. Lancet. 2020 08 08; 396(10248):413-446.