Terms & Properties

Concept Unique Identifier (CUI): C0872319

NCI Thesaurus Code: C18476  (see NCI Thesaurus info)

Semantic Type: Population Group

NCIt Definition: Populations that do not have adequate access to medical care. This includes rural, elderly, low-literacy, blue collar, and poor populations. Minorities per se are not included but often belong to one or more or the included categories.

MSH Definition: Patient groups that may include those with special needs, homeless people, those with low income, or in remote communities and minority groups

MSH Definition: Populations designated as having too few primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty or a high elderly population.

CSP Definition: human populations that have not received adequate medical attention or health care facilities.

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

medically disadvantaged population

Medically Underserved Populations

medically underserved population

Patient, Underserved

Patients, Underserved

Population, Medically Underserved

Population, Underserved

Populations, Medically Underserved

Populations, Underserved

Underserved Patients

Underserved Patient

Underserved Population, Medically

Underserved Populations, Medically

Underserved Populations

Underserved Population

External Source Codes: 

NCI Thesaurus Code

C18476 (see NCI Thesaurus info)

Other Properties:

Name	Value	Source
Contributing_Source	CTRP	NCI
DID	5000-0056	CSP
TERMUI	T000937882	MSH
TERMUI	T799578	MSH
TERMUI	T799579	MSH
TH	NLM (2013)	MSH
TH	NLM (2019)	MSH

Additional Concept Data:  (none)

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