"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.
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
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| 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
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| 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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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Reform" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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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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Onie RD, Lavizzo-Mourey R, Lee TH, Marks JS, Perla RJ. Integrating Social Needs Into Health Care: A Twenty-Year Case Study Of Adaptation And Diffusion. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 02; 37(2):240-247.
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Henry AD, Gettens J, Savageau JA, Cullen D, Landau A. Massachusetts Medicaid members that smoked in 2008: Characteristics associated with smoking status in 2014. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0186144.
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Abraham AJ, Andrews CM, Grogan CM, D'Aunno T, Humphreys KN, Pollack HA, Friedmann PD. The Affordable Care Act Transformation of Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Am J Public Health. 2017 01; 107(1):31-32.
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Eskander MF, Bliss LA, McCarthy EP, de Geus SW, Chau Ng S, Nagle D, Rodrigue JR, Tseng JF. Massachusetts Healthcare Reform and Trends in Emergent Colon Resection. Dis Colon Rectum. 2016 Nov; 59(11):1063-1072.