"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 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2017 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Policy" by people in Profiles.
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Potential Impact of the OPTN Status Escalation Policy for Adult Heart Transplant Candidates With Durable LVADs. Circ Heart Fail. 2026 Jul; 19(7):e013854.
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Updates in guidelines and policy for selection, care and aftercare of the living kidney donor. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2026 Jun 01; 31(3):149-155.
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How to Fix a Broken Health Care System: Pathways to Maximize Health and Well-being for All. Diabetes Care. 2026 Jan 01; 49(1):44-62.
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Shifting Federal and State Policy Landscapes for Health Insurance Coverage of Noncitizen Immigrants: Where Are We 30 Years After PRWORA? J Health Polit Policy Law. 2025 Dec 01; 50(6):945-970.
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A Framework for Managing Moral Challenges Related to Health Policy for the Surgeon. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Sep 01; 241(3):524-529.
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Association of the 2018 U.S. Heart Allocation Policy Change and the Survival Benefit of Heart Transplantation. JACC Heart Fail. 2025 07; 13(7):102480.
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Assessing the antenatal care-seeking determinants associated with the penetration of the WHO eight-visit antenatal care policy across states in Nigeria. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025 Jun 02; 25(1):640.
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Multiple Lenses on Breast Imaging in Diverse Settings: Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 07; 22(7):744-751.
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Young People with Cancer: A Growing Population in Need of United Attention. Curr Oncol Rep. 2025 Apr; 27(4):333-335.
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Care Pathways for Undocumented Migrant Children Seeking Cleft Lip and Palate Care: Institutional Experience, Current State Policies, and Opportunities. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2026 May; 63(5):973-980.