"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 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2009 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2011 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 2012 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2015 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2016 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| 2018 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 2020 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| 2021 | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| 2022 | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| 2023 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2024 | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| 2025 | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Healthcare Disparities" by people in Profiles.
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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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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.
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The association of place-based disadvantage and access to deceased donor heart transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2026 Feb; 26(2):393-403.
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Understanding the Opioid Epidemic as an Environmental Injustice. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Nov; 69(5):108047.
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Representation matters: advocating for increased diversity in the pediatric surgical workforce to address health inequity. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2025 Aug; 35:151521.
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Current management practices for thoracic aortic aneurysms are associated with increased symptomatic presentation in females. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Dec; 82(6):1966-1971.
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Disparities in the Surgical Management of the Axilla by Self-Identified Race in the Multicenter Neoadjuvant I-SPY2 Trial. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Oct; 32(11):8211-8219.
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A Comprehensive Scoping Review of Technology in the Care of Historically Marginalized Populations With Asthma: A Work Group Report of the AAAAI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025 Aug; 13(8):1980-1990.
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Validation of the uChicago Health Inequity Classification System (CHI-CS): A multi-institution pilot study. Surgery. 2025 Sep; 185:109528.
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Disparities in diagnosis and outcomes in American patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Aug; 41(8):1487-1496.