Quality Assurance, Health Care
"Quality Assurance, Health Care" 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.
Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.
| Descriptor ID |
D011785
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.700 N05.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality Assurance, Health Care- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Healthcare Quality Assurance
- Assurance, Healthcare Quality
- Assurances, Healthcare Quality
- Healthcare Quality Assurances
- Quality Assurances, Healthcare
- Quality Assurance, Healthcare
- Health Care Quality Assurance
Healthcare Quality Assessment- Healthcare Quality Assessment
- Assessment, Healthcare Quality
- Assessments, Healthcare Quality
- Healthcare Quality Assessments
- Quality Assessments, Healthcare
- Quality Assessment, Healthcare
- Quality Assessment, Health Care
- Health Care Quality Assessment
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quality Assurance, Health Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quality Assurance, Health Care" 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 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2009 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2011 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Assurance, Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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Differences in length of stay by teaching team status in an academic medical center in the Midwestern United States. Hosp Pract (1995). 2021 Apr; 49(2):119-126.
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Developing and Implementing a Quality Assurance Strategy for Electroconvulsive Therapy. J ECT. 2019 Mar; 35(1):21-26.
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Aviation and Procedural Medicine. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2018 Dec; 21(4):295-304.
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Use of a Surgical Debriefing Checklist to Achieve Higher Value Health Care. Am J Med Qual. 2018 Sep/Oct; 33(5):514-522.
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Cohort Profile: NICHD Fetal Growth Studies-Singletons and Twins. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 02 01; 47(1):25-25l.
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Duration of Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation as a Quality Metric for Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Programs. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Feb; 105(2):615-621.
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Evaluating Surgeon-Specific Performance for Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 09 01; 143(9):891-898.
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A Pilot Project Demonstrating that Combat Medics Can Safely Administer Parenteral Medications in the Emergency Department. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017 Dec; 32(6):679-681.
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An assessment of the CHIP/Medicaid quality measure for ADHD. Am J Manag Care. 2017 Jan 01; 23(1):e1-e9.
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Validation of a modern second-check dosimetry system using a novel verification phantom. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2017 Jan; 18(1):170-177.