"Episode of 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.
An interval of care by a health care facility or provider for a specific medical problem or condition. It may be continuous or it may consist of a series of intervals marked by one or more brief separations from care, and can also identify the sequence of care (e.g., emergency, inpatient, outpatient), thus serving as one measure of health care provided.
| Descriptor ID |
D017050
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.300 N02.421.585.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Episode of Care- Episode of Care
- Patient Care Episodes
- Episode, Patient Care
- Episodes, Patient Care
- Patient Care Episode
- Episodes of Care
- Care Episode
- Care Episodes
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Episode of Care" by people in Profiles.
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Rosen AB, Aizcorbe A, Ryu AJ, Nestoriak N, Cutler DM, Chernew ME. Policy makers will need a way to update bundled payments that reflects highly skewed spending growth of various care episodes. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 May; 32(5):944-51.
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Kociol RD, Liang L, Hernandez AF, Curtis LH, Heidenreich PA, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC, Peterson ED. Are we targeting the right metric for heart failure? Comparison of hospital 30-day readmission rates and total episode of care inpatient days. Am Heart J. 2013 Jun; 165(6):987-994.e1.
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Ettner SL, Huang D, Evans E, Ash DR, Hardy M, Jourabchi M, Hser YI. Benefit-cost in the California treatment outcome project: does substance abuse treatment "pay for itself"? Health Serv Res. 2006 Feb; 41(1):192-213.
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Roblin DW, Platt R, Goodman MJ, Hsu J, Nelson WW, Smith DH, Andrade SE, Soumerai SB. Effect of increased cost-sharing on oral hypoglycemic use in five managed care organizations: how much is too much? Med Care. 2005 Oct; 43(10):951-9.
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Pransky GS, Berndt E, Finkelstein SN, Verma S, Agrawal A. Performance decrements resulting from illness in the workplace: the effect of headaches. J Occup Environ Med. 2005 Jan; 47(1):34-40.
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Friedmann PD, Lemon SC, Stein MD, Etheridge RM, D'Aunno TA. Linkage to medical services in the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study. Med Care. 2001 Mar; 39(3):284-95.
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Hlatky MA, Boothroyd DB, Brooks MM, Winston C, Rosen A, Rogers WJ, Reeder GS, Smith HC, Ryan TJ, Pitt B, Whitlow PL, Wiens RD, Mark DB. Clinical correlates of the initial and long-term cost of coronary bypass surgery and coronary angioplasty. Am Heart J. 1999 Aug; 138(2 Pt 1):376-83.
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Rosen AK, Mayer-Oakes A. Episodes of care: theoretical frameworks versus current operational realities. Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 1999 Mar; 25(3):111-28.
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Rosen AK, Mayer-Oakes A. Developing a tool for analyzing medical care utilization of adult asthma patients in indemnity and managed care plans: can an episodes of care framework be used? Am J Med Qual. 1998; 13(4):203-12.
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Rosen AK, Houchens RL, Gibson TB, Mayer-Oakes A. Developing episodes of care for adult asthma patients: a cautionary tale. Am J Med Qual. 1998; 13(1):25-35.