"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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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Iron deficiency anemia is associated with increased medical and implant-related complications and length of stay for patients undergoing total shoulder arthroplasty. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2023 May; 32(5):e200-e205.
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Temporal Trends, Practice Variation, and Associated Outcomes With IVUS Use During Peripheral Arterial Intervention. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 10 24; 15(20):2080-2090.
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Utilization of and Outcomes Associated with Intravascular Ultrasound during Deep Venous Stent Placement among Medicare Beneficiaries. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 12; 33(12):1476-1484.e2.
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A Survey of Eye Care Needs Among Community Health Patients in Western South Dakota. S D Med. 2022 Aug; 75(suppl 8):s19.
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Rates of Readmission and Emergency Department Visits of Publicly Versus Commercially Insured Patients in a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Accredited Center. JSLS. 2022 Apr-Jun; 26(2).
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Care preferences in physician orders for life sustaining treatment in California nursing homes. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 07; 70(7):2040-2050.
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Native American Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations in a Tertiary Academic Medical Center - A Pilot Study. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2021; 16:1163-1170.
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High-Minority Nursing Homes Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19 Deaths. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:606364.
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Avoidable Acute Care Use Associated with Nausea and Vomiting Among Patients Receiving Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy or Oxaliplatin. Oncologist. 2021 04; 26(4):325-331.
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Disparities in Critical Limb Care: Enough Is Enough. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 10; 13(10):e010029.