Medicare

"Medicare" 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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Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)

Descriptor ID	D006278
MeSH Number(s)	N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696
Concept/Terms	Medicare Medicare Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18 Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18 Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18 Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Medicare".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Economics [N03.219]
Financing, Organized [N03.219.521]
Financing, Government [N03.219.521.346]
Public Assistance [N03.219.521.346.506]
Medical Assistance [N03.219.521.346.506.564]
Medicare [N03.219.521.346.506.564.663]
Insurance [N03.219.521.576]
Insurance, Health [N03.219.521.576.343]
Medicare [N03.219.521.576.343.840]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Legislation as Topic [N03.706.615]
Medicare [N03.706.615.696]

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

Bar chart showing 273 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2020 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	1	0	1
1993	0	1	1
1994	1	1	2
1995	2	0	2
1996	3	2	5
1997	0	1	1
1998	2	0	2
1999	1	5	6
2000	3	9	12
2001	1	2	3
2002	1	3	4
2003	3	4	7
2004	2	2	4
2005	1	6	7
2006	3	8	11
2007	2	8	10
2008	8	2	10
2009	3	7	10
2010	5	5	10
2011	3	6	9
2012	3	6	9
2013	2	5	7
2014	9	4	13
2015	9	8	17
2016	5	6	11
2017	7	11	18
2018	4	7	11
2019	6	12	18
2020	8	15	23
2021	7	16	23
2022	1	5	6

Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.

Papageorge MV, de Geus SWL, Woods AP, Ng SC, McAneny D, Tseng JF, Kenzik K, Sachs TE. ASO Visual Abstract: The Effect of Hospital Versus Surgeon Volume on Short-Term Patient Outcomes after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A SEER-Medicare Analysis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 04; 29(4):2454-2455.

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Wiener RS, Barker AM, Carter-Harris L, Caverly TJ, Crocker DA, Denietolis A, Doherty C, Fagerlin A, Gallagher-Seaman M, Gould MK, Han PKJ, Herbst AN, Ito Fukunaga M, McCullough MB, Miano DA, Quaife SL, Slatore CG, Fix GM. Stakeholder Research Priorities to Promote Implementation of Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening: An American Thoracic Society and Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 03 15; 205(6):619-630.

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Palan Lopez R, Hendricksen M, McCarthy EP, Mazor KM, Roach A, Hendrix Rogers A, Epps F, Johnson KS, Akunor H, Mitchell SL. Association of Nursing Home Organizational Culture and Staff Perspectives With Variability in Advanced Dementia Care: The ADVANCE Study. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Mar 01; 182(3):313-323.

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Jarman MP, Jin G, Weissman JS, Ash AS, Tjia J, Salim A, Haider A, Cooper Z. Association of Trauma Center Designation With Postdischarge Survival Among Older Adults With Injuries. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 03 01; 5(3):e222448.

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Papageorge MV, de Geus SWL, Woods AP, Ng SC, McAneny D, Tseng JF, Kenzik KM, Sachs TE. The Effect of Hospital Versus Surgeon Volume on Short-Term Patient Outcomes After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: a SEER-Medicare Analysis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Apr; 29(4):2444-2451.

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Tulgan H. The Rip Van Winkle Clinic. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2022; 33(1):1-4.

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Osundolire S, Naqvi S, Nunes AP, Lapane KL. Heart failure among US nursing home residents with diabetes mellitus. Int J Cardiol. 2022 Feb 15; 349:138-143.

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O'Malley AJ, Landon BE, Zaborski LA, Roberts ET, Khidir HH, Smulowitz PB, McWilliams JM. Weak correlations in health services research: Weak relationships or common error? Health Serv Res. 2022 02; 57(1):182-191.

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Noij KS, Remenschneider AK, Herrmann BS, Guinan JJ, Rauch SD. Optimized Diagnostic Approach to Patients Suspected of Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence. Ear Hear. 2021 Sep/Oct; 42(5):1295-1305.

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Smulowitz PB, O'Malley AJ, Khidir H, Zaborski L, McWilliams JM, Landon BE. National Trends In ED Visits, Hospital Admissions, And Mortality For Medicare Patients During The COVID-19 Pandemic. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 09; 40(9):1457-1464.

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