medically underserved area

Preferred Label : medically underserved area;

Obsolete resource : false;

MeSH definition : A geographic location which has insufficient health resources (manpower and/or facilities) to meet the medical needs of the resident population.;

MeSH synonym : medically underserved areas; area, medically underserved; areas, medically underserved; underserved areas, medically; underserved area, medically;

MeSH hyponym : physician shortage area; Area, Physician Shortage; Areas, Physician Shortage; Physician Shortage Areas; Shortage Area, Physician; Shortage Areas, Physician;

Related MeSH term : national health service corps; Medically Underserved Populations; Population, Medically Underserved; Populations, Medically Underserved; Underserved Population, Medically; Underserved Populations, Medically; Health Service Corps, National;

MeSH annotation : no qualif; specify geog; DF: MED UNDERSERV AREA;

Details

Origin ID

D008507;

UMLS CUI

C0025112;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Underserved Population [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- Medically Underserved Population [MeSH concept]
- medically underserved area [MeSH concept]
- national health service corps [MeSH concept]
- physician shortage area [MeSH concept]
See also
- Resource-Limited Settings [MeSH Descriptor]
- health services accessibility [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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