Healthcare Disparities

"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.

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Differences in access to or availability of medical facilities and services.

Descriptor ID	D054625
MeSH Number(s)	N04.590.374.380 N05.300.493
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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Healthcare Disparities".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Delivery of Health Care [N04.590.374]
Healthcare Disparities [N04.590.374.380]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Healthcare Disparities [N05.300.493]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Healthcare Disparities".

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Bar chart showing 294 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 40 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2007	1	0	1
2008	6	0	6
2009	8	3	11
2010	6	2	8
2011	7	7	14
2012	3	4	7
2013	1	4	5
2014	5	9	14
2015	10	4	14
2016	9	6	15
2017	13	4	17
2018	14	3	17
2019	14	6	20
2020	18	8	26
2021	18	10	28
2022	3	5	8
2023	9	7	16
2024	21	19	40
2025	16	3	19
2026	7	1	8

Below are the most recent publications written about "Healthcare Disparities" by people in Profiles.

Chan B, Ezekiel-Herrera D, Bailey SR, Byhoff E, Marino M, Lucas JA, Giebultowicz S, Espinoza K, Larson Z, Heintzman J. Race, Ethnicity, and Language Disparities in Alcohol and Drug Screening and Medication Treatment. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 May 01; 9(5):e2612319.

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Kramer KZ, Kotagal M. Post Hospital Surgical Disparities. Surg Clin North Am. 2026 Jun; 106(3):403-410.

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Williams A, Alouidor R. Inhospital Surgical Disparities. Surg Clin North Am. 2026 Jun; 106(3):391-401.

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Yakdan S, Joseph K, Poulin N, Arkam F, Moniz Garcia D, Cadieux M, Neuman B, Goodin BR, Godzik J, Steinmetz MP, Bydon M, Ghogawala Z, Hafez D, Ray WZ, Greenberg JK. 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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Diaz Collante J, Crawford A, Reddington H, Markel A, Epstein M, Gray C, Lou F, Phillips W, Maxfield M, Uy K, Emmerick I. National trends in lung cancer stage, treatment, and time to treatment initiation after a major healthcare disruption (NCDB 2014-2022). J Cancer Policy. 2026 Jun; 48:100724.

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Patel PB, Hamilton RH, Budhu JA, Belagaje SR, Cooper GE, Rocha Cabrero F, Deb A, Santini VE, Halker R, Fisher TL, Flippen CC, Ighodaro E, Rosendale N, Ramanan VK, Thakur KT, Mohile NA. A Roadmap to Neurologic Health Equity: An AAN Position Statement. Neurology. 2026 Mar 10; 106(5):e214687.

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Farrell CM, Kearney RB, Peddiraju A, Pino EC. Disparities in diagnosis and management of hypertension by incarceration status for patients receiving care in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2026 May; 103:93-98.

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Adegunle F, Chhatwal K, Arab S, Alabdaljabar MS, Raslan MA, Sayed O, Goldsweig AM. Bias and Oversight in Clinical AI: A Review of Decision Support Tools and Equity Frameworks. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 May; 41(7):1957-1968.

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Paredes Spir I, Michaels O, Khan S, Tai R. Disparities in MR enterography utilization stratified by social drivers of health (SDOH): a zip code-based analysis. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2026 Jul; 51(7):3357-3365.

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Ballinger Z, Aidlen J. Metabolic and bariatric surgery for adolescents: Progress and persistent challenges. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2025 12; 55(12):101890.

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