Health Policy
"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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| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2004 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2005 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2006 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2007 | 7 | 5 | 12 | | 2008 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2009 | 6 | 7 | 13 | | 2010 | 8 | 6 | 14 | | 2011 | 5 | 8 | 13 | | 2012 | 6 | 14 | 20 | | 2013 | 8 | 11 | 19 | | 2014 | 9 | 6 | 15 | | 2015 | 6 | 11 | 17 | | 2016 | 8 | 8 | 16 | | 2017 | 13 | 10 | 23 | | 2018 | 13 | 11 | 24 | | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2020 | 8 | 13 | 21 | | 2021 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2022 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2023 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | 2024 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2025 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Policy" by people in Profiles.
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Santos PMG, Dubey M, Simpson H, Hong AS, Narayan A, Persaud S, Feldman K, Anderson E, Santos J, Smith M, Bryant MF, Doran JF, Torres MA, Cervantes L, Yabroff KR, Chino F. Access to cancer care for undocumented immigrants in the USA. Lancet Oncol. 2025 Aug; 26(8):e448-e457.
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Hackell JM, Brothers K, Bode S, Costello LM, Kafer LM, O'Leary ST. Medical vs Nonmedical Immunization Exemptions for Child Care and School Attendance: Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2025 Aug 01; 156(2).
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Pridgen BE, Bontemps AP, Lloyd AR, Wagner WP, Kay ES, Eaton EF, Cropsey KL. U.S. substance use harm reduction efforts: a review of the current state of policy, policy barriers, and recommendations. Harm Reduct J. 2025 Jun 08; 22(1):101.
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Rizzolo K, Villegas L, Cervantes L. The national landscape of kidney transplantation for undocumented immigrants: advancing kidney transplantation equity. Kidney Int. 2025 Jun; 107(6):976-979.
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Horton S, Wilson ML, Cheung ANY, DeStigter K, Kohli M, Sayed S, Schroeder LF, Sullivan R, Tan BS, Alooh M, Dahn B, Donoso-Bach L, Garcia PJ, Hussain S, Kao K, Looi LM, Pai M, Plebani M, Tebeje YK, Umutesi G, Walia K, Fleming KA. Moving the dial on diagnostics: an update from the Lancet Commission on diagnostics. Lancet. 2025 Jun 21; 405(10496):2241-2254.
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Wainstein M, Marioli PA, Brown M, Abdul Hafidz MI, Neyra JA, Cervantes L. The Interchangeable Nature of Our Destinies: Health Inequities Born From Social and Structural Determinants of Health and the Advocacy Journey to Overcome Them. Adv Kidney Dis Health. 2025 May; 32(3):301-308.
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Oscilowicz E, Sol?s GA, Martinez L, N?meth J, Simon GL, Makarewicz C, Dickinson KL, Mckenzie LM, Scandlyn J, Erices-Ocampo P, Kinney PL, DeSouza P. The Role of Community Science in Addressing Policy Change: A Critical Review of Air Pollution Literature. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2025 Mar 31; 12(1):17.
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Dennison Himmelfarb CR, Benowitz NL, Blank MD, Bhatnagar A, Chase PJ, Davis EM, Fetterman JL, Keller-Hamilton B, Ogungbe O, Page RL, Rezk-Hanna M, Robertson RM, Whitsel LP. Impact of Smokeless Oral Nicotine Products on Cardiovascular Disease: Implications for Policy, Prevention, and Treatment: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2025 Jan 07; 151(1):e1-e21.
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Kassabian S, Gissen M, Kenny J. Reducing death by suicide by addressing well-being and firearm access: A both/and policy approach. Fam Syst Health. 2024 Dec; 42(4):651-655.
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Douglas IS, Mehta A, Mansoori J. Policy Proposals for Mitigating Intensive Care Unit Strain: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Dec; 21(12):1633-1642.
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