"Healthcare Disparities" 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.
Differences in access to or availability of medical facilities and services.
| Descriptor ID |
D054625
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.374.380 N05.300.493
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| Concept/Terms |
Healthcare Disparities- Healthcare Disparities
- Disparity, Healthcare
- Health Care Inequalities
- Health Care Inequality
- Inequalities, Health Care
- Inequality, Health Care
- Healthcare Disparity
- Healthcare Inequalities
- Healthcare Inequality
- Inequalities, Healthcare
- Inequality, Healthcare
- Disparities, Healthcare
- Health Care Disparities
- Disparities, Health Care
- Disparity, Health Care
- Health Care Disparity
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2017 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Healthcare Disparities" by people in Profiles.
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Geospatial disparities, health system factors, and breast cancer care quality. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Sep 01; 9(5).
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Effect of pre-end-stage kidney disease nephrology care on the association between neighborhood poverty and referral for kidney transplantation among patients with end-stage kidney disease. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025 Sep; 185:111878.
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Racial Inequities, Multiple Sclerosis, and Implementation of a Novel Treatment Algorithm at the Health System Level. Neurology. 2025 May 27; 104(10):e213607.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Time to Ovarian Cancer Surgery in Patients at an Integrated Health Care Delivery System. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2024 10; 22(8):549-555.
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Pediatrician Knowledge of Early Intervention Process as Contributor to Disparities in Management of Development Delay. Matern Child Health J. 2024 Nov; 28(11):1911-1919.
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Disparities in COVID-19 vaccination receipt by race, ethnicity, and social determinants of health among a large patient population in a network of community-based healthcare centers. Vaccine. 2024 Oct 24; 42(24):126288.
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Evaluation of Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in All-Cause Mortality in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2024 09; 22(7):447-453.
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Anti-Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Racism in Academic Pediatrics: Recommendations for Training, Research, and Clinical Practice. Acad Pediatr. 2024 Sep-Oct; 24(7S):S147-S151.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Pain following Traumatic Injury. Pain Med. 2023 06 01; 24(6):716-719.
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The costs and inequities of precision medicine for patients with prostate cancer: A call to action. Urol Oncol. 2023 09; 41(9):369-375.