"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Healthcare Disparities" by people in this website by year, and whether "Healthcare Disparities" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2008 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2009 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2011 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 2012 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2015 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2016 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| 2018 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5 | 23 |
| 2020 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 2021 | 18 | 17 | 35 |
| 2022 | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| 2023 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 2024 | 17 | 22 | 39 |
| 2025 | 29 | 6 | 35 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Healthcare Disparities" by people in Profiles.
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Prehospital Surgical Disparities. Surg Clin North Am. 2026 Jun; 106(3):377-389.
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Stepwise Solutions-Patients Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, and Surgical Equity. Surg Clin North Am. 2026 Jun; 106(3):411-430.
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Disparities in quality of life and health literacy among patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy: the influence of racial and ethnic factors in the All of Us Research Program. J Neurosurg Spine. 2026 Apr 03; 44(6):920-929.
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Disparities in Disease Presentation and Treatment Initiation for De Novo Metastatic Breast Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 04 01; 9(4):e268908.
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Association between Child Opportunity Index and paediatric sepsis recognition and treatment in a large quality improvement collaborative: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2026 Jan 19; 35(2):106-117.
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Racial, Ethnic, Sex, and Gender Equity for Inclusive Interstitial Lung Disease Research: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 12; 211(12):2251-2267.
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Beyond Survival: Addressing Pediatric Oncofertility Risk, Preservation Methods, and Care Disparities. Pediatr Ann. 2025 Dec; 54(12):e439-e446.
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Barriers to Equitable Pediatric Oncologic Care in the United States. Pediatr Ann. 2025 Dec; 54(12):e426-e430.
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Adjuvant Chemotherapy Use for Hormone Receptor-Positive, ERBB2-Negative Breast Cancer After RxPONDER Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 12 01; 8(12):e2549109.
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Characterizing Disparities in Access to Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas: A National Cancer Database Analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Nov 18; 110(12):e4188-e4195.