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A geographic location which has insufficient health resources (manpower and/or facilities) to meet the medical needs of the resident population.
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- Area, Medically Underserved
- Areas, Medically Underserved
- Medically Underserved Areas
- Underserved Area, Medically
- Underserved Areas, Medically
- Health Service Corps, National
- Medically Underserved Population
- National Health Service Corps
- Physician Shortage Area
- Area, Physician Shortage
- Areas, Physician Shortage
- Medically Underserved Populations
- Physician Shortage Areas
- Population, Medically Underserved
- Populations, Medically Underserved
- Shortage Area, Physician
- Shortage Areas, Physician
- Underserved Population, Medically
- Underserved Populations, Medically
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- National Library of Medicine. Medically Underserved Area. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008507. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008507
- Medically Underserved Area. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_desert
- Medically Underserved Area. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3045065