"Medicare" 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.
Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)
| Descriptor ID |
D006278
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696
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| Concept/Terms |
Medicare- Medicare
- Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medicare" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medicare" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 2018 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2019 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2020 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2021 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 2022 | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Telemental Health Use Is Associated With Lower Health Care Spending Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Major Depression. Med Care. 2024 Mar 01; 62(3):132-139.
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Cost Effectiveness of CDK4/6 Inhibitors in the First-Line Treatment of HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women in the USA. Pharmacoeconomics. 2023 Jun; 41(6):709-718.
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The Role Of Real Estate Investment Trusts In Staffing US Nursing Homes. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 02; 42(2):207-216.
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Variation in hospice use among trauma centers may impact analysis of geriatric trauma outcomes: An analysis of 1,961,228 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hospitalizations from 2,317 facilities. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Apr 01; 94(4):554-561.
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Field Therapy for Actinic Keratosis: A Structured Review of the Literature on Efficacy, Cost, and Adherence. Dermatol Surg. 2023 02 01; 49(2):124-129.
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Accelerating integration of tobacco use treatment in the context of lung cancer screening: Relevance and application of implementation science to achieving policy and practice. Transl Behav Med. 2022 Nov 21; 12(11):1076-1083.
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Screening History and Survival Among Women With Cervical Cancer in Puerto Rico. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2023 Jan 01; 27(1):19-23.
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The burden of geriatric traumatic brain injury on trauma systems: Analysis of 348,800 Medicare inpatient claims. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Feb; 71(2):516-527.
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The first 20 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: Mortality, intubation and ICU rates among 104,590 patients hospitalized at 21 United States health systems. PLoS One. 2022; 17(9):e0274571.
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The evolution of a chest wall injury and reconstruction clinic during a pandemic. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Dec 01; 93(6):781-785.