Primary Health Care

"Primary 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.

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Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)

Descriptor ID	D011320
MeSH Number(s)	N04.590.233.727
Concept/Terms	Primary Health Care Primary Health Care Care, Primary Health Health Care, Primary Primary Healthcare Healthcare, Primary Primary Care Care, Primary

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Primary Health Care".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Comprehensive Health Care [N04.590.233]
Primary Health Care [N04.590.233.727]

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Bar chart showing 492 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 37 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1996	1	0	1
1998	2	2	4
1999	4	6	10
2000	3	2	5
2001	4	5	9
2002	3	1	4
2003	8	7	15
2004	8	6	14
2005	8	10	18
2006	10	4	14
2007	9	7	16
2008	9	3	12
2009	6	6	12
2010	11	4	15
2011	7	9	16
2012	14	6	20
2013	18	7	25
2014	22	5	27
2015	19	4	23
2016	19	7	26
2017	19	18	37
2018	14	6	20
2019	22	14	36
2020	9	12	21
2021	7	16	23
2022	0	23	23
2023	4	15	19
2024	13	10	23
2025	2	1	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Primary Health Care" by people in Profiles.

Doerr AJ, Orwig TA, McNulty M, Sison SDM, Paquette DR, Leung R, Ding H, Erban SB, Weinstein BR, Guilarte-Walker Y, Zai AH, Walkey AJ, Soni A, McManus DD, Lin H. Digital Assessment of Cognitive Health in Outpatient Primary Care: Usability Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Mar 12; 9:e66695.

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Ash AS, Alcusky MJ, Ellis RP, Sabatino MJ, Eanet FE, Mick EO. Supporting Primary Care for Medically and Socially Complex Patients in Medicaid Managed Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Feb 03; 8(2):e2458170.

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Akhtar S, Silk H, Savageau JA, Stevens GA. Oral health articles in primary care journals: A bibliometric review. J Public Health Dent. 2025 Mar; 85(1):84-91.

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Smith A, Tucker KL, Barnes RK, Drakesmith CW, Agwunobi A, Bateman PA, Forbes A, de Lusignan S, Ford GA, Fujiwara T, Hobbs FDR, Koshiaris C, Mant J, McKinstry B, Pollock S, Rice C, Yang Y, McManus RJ. A service evaluation of the implementation of a novel digital intervention for hypertension self-monitoring and management system in primary care (SHIP): protocol for a mixed methods study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2024 Dec 19; 24(1):707.

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Tai-Seale M, Cheung M, Vaida F, Ruo B, Walker A, Rosen RL, Hogarth M, Fisher KA, Singh S, Yood RA, Garber L, Saphirak C, Li M, Chan AS, Yu EE, Kallenberg G, Longhurst CA, Millen M, Stults CD, Mazor KM. Patient-Clinician Communication Interventions Across Multiple Primary Care Sites: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Dec 06; 5(12):e244436.

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Jamakandi S, Li J, Chien AT, Alcusky M, Kerrissey M. Pediatric Practices' Experiences With Massachusetts' Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations. Acad Pediatr. 2025 May-Jun; 25(4):102601.

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Jones KF, Stolzmann K, Wormwood J, Pendergast J, Miller CJ, Still M, Bokhour BG, Hanlon J, Simon SR, Rosen AK, Linsky AM. Patient-Directed Education to Promote Deprescribing: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Nov 01; 184(11):1339-1346.

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Rupcic S, Tam MZ, DeLaughter KL, Gifford AL, Barker AM, Bokhour BG, Xu C, Dryden E, Anderson E, Jasuja GK, Boudreau J, Douglas JH, Hyde J, Mozer R, Zeliadt SB, Fix GM. Co-designing a blueprint for spreading person-centered, Whole Health care to HIV specialty care settings: a mixed methods protocol. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Oct 29; 24(1):1306.

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LeClair AM, Rose R, Barker O, Carpenter E, Concannon TW, Boehmer U, Blazey-Martin D, Bird CE, Freund KM, Lemon SC. Health Care Workers' Perspectives on Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Adult Primary Care Setting. Med Care. 2024 Dec 01; 62(12):814-819.

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Lee CM, Congdon J, Joy C, Sarvet B. Practice-Based Models of Pediatric Mental Health Care. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2024 12; 71(6):1059-1071.

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