"Medically Uninsured" 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.
Individuals or groups with no or inadequate health insurance coverage. Those falling into this category usually comprise three primary groups: the medically indigent (MEDICAL INDIGENCY); those whose clinical condition makes them medically uninsurable; and the working uninsured.
| Descriptor ID |
D017057
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.385
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Medically Uninsured".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Medically Uninsured".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medically Uninsured" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medically Uninsured" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2000 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2002 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2005 | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| 2006 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 2007 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 2008 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2010 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 2015 | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 2016 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 2017 | 10 | 16 | 26 |
| 2018 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 2019 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2020 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2021 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 2022 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2023 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2024 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Medically Uninsured" by people in Profiles.
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The Relationship Between Hospital Safety-Net Burden on Outcomes for High-Volume Thyroid Cancer Surgeons. Thyroid. 2025 Jan; 35(1):50-59.
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County-level racial disparities in prostate cancer-specific mortality from 2005 to 2020. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2024 Nov 01; 8(6).
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Insurance remains a major source of disparity for patients with testicular cancer: call for advocacy. BJU Int. 2025 Feb; 135(2):310-318.
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The association of Medicaid expansion and parathyroidectomy for benign disease: Insurance status remains an important factor in access to high-volume centers. Surgery. 2025 Jan; 177:108825.
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Factors associated with delayed admission to the burn unit: A major burn center's experience. Burns. 2024 Dec; 50(9):107288.
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Heterogeneous effects of Medicaid coverage on cardiovascular risk factors: secondary analysis of randomized controlled trial. BMJ. 2024 09 23; 386:e079377.
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Interventions to Increase Affordable Care Act Marketplace Enrollment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Popul Health Manag. 2024 Jun; 27(5):327-337.
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Surgical Care Through a Community Free Clinic-Ambulatory Surgical Center Partnership. Am Surg. 2024 Dec; 90(12):3193-3200.
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Unhoused and Injured: Injury Characteristics and Outcomes in Unhoused Trauma Patients. J Surg Res. 2024 Sep; 301:365-370.
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Association of uninsured status and rurality with risk of financial toxicity after pediatric trauma. Surgery. 2024 Aug; 176(2):455-461.