"Medical Indigency" 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.
The condition in which individuals are financially unable to access adequate medical care without depriving themselves and their dependents of food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials of living.
Descriptor ID |
D008489
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MeSH Number(s) |
N01.824.460 N03.219.780
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Concept/Terms |
Medical Indigency- Medical Indigency
- Indigency, Medical
- Indigencies, Medical
- Medical Indigencies
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2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Indigency" by people in Profiles.
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Risk factors among medically indigent women < or = 45 years old with angiographically proven obstructive coronary arterial disease. J La State Med Soc. 2002 Mar-Apr; 154(2):86-90.
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Advocacy and community: the social roles of physicians in the last 1000 years. Part I. MedGenMed. 2000 Oct 30; 2(4):E29.
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The costs and effects of cervical and breast cancer screening in a public hospital emergency room. The Cancer Control Center of Harlem. Am J Public Health. 1997 Jul; 87(7):1182-9.
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Ethics, economics, and endocarditis. The physician's role in resource allocation. Arch Intern Med. 1988 Aug; 148(8):1809-11.