Patient-Centered Care

"Patient-Centered 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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Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)

Descriptor ID	D018802
MeSH Number(s)	N04.590.233.727.407
Concept/Terms	Patient-Centered Care Patient-Centered Care Care, Patient-Centered Patient Centered Care Nursing, Patient-Centered Nursing, Patient-Centered Nursing, Patient Centered Patient-Centered Nursing Patient Centered Nursing Patient-Focused Care Patient-Focused Care Care, Patient-Focused Patient Focused Care Medical Home Medical Home Home, Medical Homes, Medical Medical Homes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient-Centered 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]
Patient-Centered Care [N04.590.233.727.407]

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Bar chart showing 194 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 21 publications in 2017 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	1	0	1
2001	1	1	2
2002	0	1	1
2004	2	0	2
2005	0	1	1
2006	4	1	5
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	2	3
2009	1	1	2
2010	5	1	6
2011	3	4	7
2012	9	4	13
2013	8	1	9
2014	11	2	13
2015	11	7	18
2016	11	7	18
2017	16	5	21
2018	14	7	21
2019	8	6	14
2020	4	3	7
2021	3	5	8
2022	3	4	7
2023	3	2	5
2024	2	4	6
2025	1	0	1

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Kitsiou S, Gerber BS, Buchholz SW, Kansal MM, Sun J, Pressler SJ. Patient-Centered mHealth Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Phase 1 Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Jan 15; 27:e55586.

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Etingen B, Cohen-Bearak A, Adjognon OL, Vogt D, Hogan TP, Gaj L, Orner MB, Barker AM, Bokhour BG. Measuring Patient Well-Being During Whole-Person Clinical Care: Lessons From the Veterans Health Administration Well-Beings Signs Implementation Pilot. Med Care. 2024 Dec 01; 62(12 Suppl 1):S57-S64.

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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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Candrian C, Weissman JS, Tjia J. SOGI Data Collection - Proceeding, but with Caution. N Engl J Med. 2024 Aug 15; 391(7):580-581.

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Muehlschlegel S. Prognostication in Neurocritical Care. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2024 Jun 01; 30(3):878-903.

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Fantasia HC. Patient-Centered Care for Women. Nurs Womens Health. 2024 06; 28(3):171-172.

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Ventres WB, Stone LA, LaVallee LA, Loxterkamp D, Brown JR, Waxman DM, Dorward PS, Cawse-Lucas J, Mauksch LB, Kieber-Emmons AM, Crabtree BF, Miller WL, Brohm VM, Daaleman TP, Bossenbroek Fedoriw K. Storylines of family medicine VI: ways of being-in the office with patients. Fam Med Community Health. 2024 Apr 12; 12(Suppl 3).

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Weiner DE, Delgado C, Flythe JE, Forfang DL, Manley T, McGonigal LJ, McNamara E, Murphy H, Roach JL, Watnick SG, Weinhandl E, Willis K, Berns JS. Patient-Centered Quality Measures for Dialysis Care: A Report of a Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Scientific Workshop Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024 05; 83(5):636-647.

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Bokhour BG, DeFaccio R, Gaj L, Barker A, Deeney C, Coggeshall S, Gelman H, Taylor SL, Thomas E, Zeliadt SB. Changes in Patient-Reported Outcomes Associated with Receiving Whole Health in the Veteran Health Administration (VHA)'s National Demonstration Project. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jan; 39(1):84-94.

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Anderson E, Wiener RS, Molloy-Paolillo B, McCullough M, Kim B, Harris JI, Rinne ST, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG. Using a person-centered approach in clinical care for patients with complex chronic conditions: Perspectives from healthcare professionals caring for Veterans with COPD in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration's Whole Health System of Care. PLoS One. 2023; 18(6):e0286326.

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