Medically Underserved Area
"Medically Underserved Area" 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.
A geographic location which has insufficient health resources (manpower and/or facilities) to meet the medical needs of the resident population.
| Descriptor ID |
D008507
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.349.650.340 N05.300.450.520
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| Concept/Terms |
Medically Underserved Area- Medically Underserved Area
- Area, Medically Underserved
- Areas, Medically Underserved
- Medically Underserved Areas
- Underserved Area, Medically
- Underserved Areas, Medically
Physician Shortage Area- Physician Shortage Area
- Area, Physician Shortage
- Areas, Physician Shortage
- Physician Shortage Areas
- Shortage Area, Physician
- Shortage Areas, Physician
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medically Underserved Area" by people in Profiles.
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Increasing evidence-based interventions in patients with acute infections in a resource-limited setting: a before-and-after feasibility trial in Gitwe, Rwanda. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Sep; 44(9):1436-1446.
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Tenofovir stock shortages have limited impact on clinic- and patient-level HIV treatment outcomes in public sector clinics in South Africa. Trop Med Int Health. 2017 02; 22(2):241-251.
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Assessment of activities performed by clinical nurse practitioners and implications for staffing and patient care at primary health care level in South Africa. Curationis. 2016 Mar 11; 39(1):1479.
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Designing an intervention for women with systemic lupus erythematosus from medically underserved areas to improve care: a qualitative study. Lupus. 2013 Jan; 22(1):52-62.
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Pediatric nursing in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in resource-poor settings--balancing the "art and the science". Holist Nurs Pract. 2006 Sep-Oct; 20(5):247-54.
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General surgery in crisis--the critical shortage. S Afr J Surg. 2006 Aug; 44(3):88-92, 94.
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Oral fluid human immunodeficiency virus tests: improved access to diagnosis for infants in poorly resourced prevention of mother to child transmission programs. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Mar; 24(3):253-6.
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Intensive care for very low birthweight infants in South Africa: a survey of physician attitudes, parent counseling and resuscitation practices. J Trop Pediatr. 2005 Feb; 51(1):11-6.
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Challenges in delivering antiretroviral treatment in resource poor countries. AIDS. 2002; 16 Suppl 4:S177-87.
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Problems and prospects for health sector links in the southern African region: the role of South Africa. Soc Sci Med. 1993 Oct; 37(7):927-35.