Health Care Reform

"Health Care Reform" 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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Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.

Descriptor ID	D018166
MeSH Number(s)	I01.655.500.608.400.285 I01.880.604.825.608.400.285 N03.349.285 N03.623.500.608.428.285 N04.590.374.285 N05.300.380
Concept/Terms	Health Care Reform Health Care Reform Health Care Reforms Reform, Health Care Reforms, Health Care Healthcare Reform Healthcare Reforms Reform, Healthcare Reforms, Healthcare

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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Policy [I01.655]
Social Control Policies [I01.655.500]
Public Policy [I01.655.500.608]
Health Policy [I01.655.500.608.400]
Health Care Reform [I01.655.500.608.400.285]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Social Control Policies [I01.880.604.825]
Public Policy [I01.880.604.825.608]
Health Policy [I01.880.604.825.608.400]
Health Care Reform [I01.880.604.825.608.400.285]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Health Planning [N03.349]
Health Care Reform [N03.349.285]
Policy [N03.623]
Social Control Policies [N03.623.500]
Public Policy [N03.623.500.608]
Health Policy [N03.623.500.608.428]
Health Care Reform [N03.623.500.608.428.285]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Delivery of Health Care [N04.590.374]
Health Care Reform [N04.590.374.285]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Health Care Reform [N05.300.380]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Care Reform" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Care Reform" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 63 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	1	2
2004	2	0	2
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	3	3
2009	4	1	5
2010	1	0	1
2011	6	2	8
2012	1	3	4
2013	2	2	4
2014	7	3	10
2015	5	2	7
2016	3	1	4
2017	0	2	2
2018	1	1	2
2019	3	1	4
2021	0	2	2
2023	0	1	1

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

Kachoria AG, Sefton L, Miller F, Leary A, Goff SL, Nicholson J, Himmelstein J, Alcusky M. Facilitators and Barriers to Care Coordination Between Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations and Community Partners: Early Lessons From Massachusetts. Med Care Res Rev. 2023 10; 80(5):507-518.

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Chen MT, Krzyszczyk DM, Brown AGM, Kressin N, Terrin N, Hanchate A, Suzukida J, Kher S, Price LL, LeClair AM, Byhoff E, Freund KM. Diabetes Control During Massachusetts Insurance Reform. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 06; 9(3):1075-1082.

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Goff SL, Gurewich D, Alcusky M, Kachoria AG, Nicholson J, Himmelstein J. Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Value-Based Care Models in New Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations in Massachusetts: A Study Protocol. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:645665.

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Byhoff E, Taylor LA. Massachusetts Community-Based Organization Perspectives on Medicaid Redesign. Am J Prev Med. 2019 12; 57(6 Suppl 1):S74-S81.

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Hurwitz D, Yeracaris P, Campbell S, Coleman MA. Rhode Island's investment in primary care transformation: A case study. Fam Syst Health. 2019 12; 37(4):328-335.

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Park SE, Grogan CM, Mosley JE, Humphreys K, Pollack HA, Friedmann PD. Correlates of Patient-Centered Care Practices at U.S. Substance Use Disorder Clinics. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 01 01; 71(1):35-42.

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Yeracaris P, Campbell S, Coleman M, Cabral L, Hurwitz D. Care Transformation Collaborative of Rhode Island: Building a Strong Foundation for Comprehensive, High-Quality Affordable Care. R I Med J (2013). 2019 Jun 04; 102(5):26-29.

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Freund KM, LeClair A, Terrin N, Hanchate AD, Price LL, Moreno-Koehler A, Suzukida J, Kher S, Byhoff E, Kressin NR. Racial Differences in Insurance Stability After Health Insurance Reform. Med Care. 2019 04; 57(4):256-261.

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Lines LM, Li NC, Mick EO, Ash AS. Emergency Department and Primary Care Use in Massachusetts 5 Years After Health Reform. Med Care. 2019 02; 57(2):101-108.

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Perla RJ, Pham H, Gilfillan R, Berwick DM, Baron RJ, Lee P, McCannon CJ, Progar K, Shrank WH. Government As Innovation Catalyst: Lessons From The Early Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation Models. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 02; 37(2):213-221.

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