Delivery of Health Care

"Delivery of Health 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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The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population.

Descriptor ID	D003695
MeSH Number(s)	N04.590.374 N05.300
Concept/Terms	Delivery of Health Care Delivery of Health Care Healthcare Delivery Deliveries, Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Delivery of Healthcare Healthcare Deliveries Health Care Delivery Delivery, Health Care Contraceptive Distribution Contraceptive Distribution Contraceptive Distributions Distribution, Contraceptive Distributions, Contraceptive Delivery of Dental Care Delivery of Dental Care Dental Care Delivery Delivery, Dental Care Health Care Health Care Care, Health Healthcare Health Care Systems Health Care Systems Health Care System System, Health Care Systems, Health Care Healthcare Systems Healthcare System System, Healthcare Systems, Healthcare Nonclinical Distribution Nonclinical Distribution Distributions, Nonclinical Nonclinical Distributions Distribution, Nonclinical Distribution, Non-Clinical Distribution, Non Clinical Distributions, Non-Clinical Non-Clinical Distributions Non-Clinical Distribution Non Clinical Distribution Community-Based Distribution Community-Based Distribution Community Based Distribution Community-Based Distributions Distribution, Community-Based Distributions, Community-Based Distributional Activities Distributional Activities Activities, Distributional Activity, Distributional Distributional Activity

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Delivery of Health Care".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Delivery of Health Care [N04.590.374]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Delivery of Health Care".

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

Bar chart showing 346 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 38 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	3	3	6
2003	1	0	1
2004	4	1	5
2005	6	0	6
2006	1	1	2
2007	2	2	4
2008	4	1	5
2009	2	0	2
2010	1	6	7
2011	9	6	15
2012	3	3	6
2013	8	4	12
2014	11	4	15
2015	14	6	20
2016	13	6	19
2017	17	3	20
2018	12	7	19
2019	14	11	25
2020	23	11	34
2021	10	24	34
2022	4	34	38
2023	3	27	30
2024	4	9	13
2025	2	2	4
2026	1	1	2

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

Lotfi A. Six-Domain Moral Ecology Framework for Quality Leadership in Healthcare: A Conceptual Synthesis. Inquiry. 2026 Jan-Dec; 63:1.

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Diaz Collante J, Crawford A, Reddington H, Markel A, Epstein M, Gray C, Lou F, Phillips W, Maxfield M, Uy K, Emmerick I. National trends in lung cancer stage, treatment, and time to treatment initiation after a major healthcare disruption (NCDB 2014-2022). J Cancer Policy. 2026 Jun; 48:100724.

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Haynes E, Nelson L, D'Antoine H, Katzenellenbogen J, Armstrong E, Andrews L, Brown J, Bowser N, Walker R, Stacey I, Purnomo J, Bessarab D. Knowledge + Innovation = Power: A protocol for implementing Aboriginal data sovereignty in an Aboriginal Medical Service for service delivery reform. PLoS One. 2025; 20(10):e0328588.

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Irfan B, Omeish I, Alamrain AA, Aldabbour B, Ali A, Arain Y, Muhammad A, Irfan K, Fawaz M, Barakat Y, Musallam R, Khan O, Fikry K, Shah MH, Halimy M, Lulu I, Alkurd T, Obeid H, Sirvent R, Smith J. The Political Determination of Gaza's Health System Destruction and Reconstruction and the Limitations of International Medical Deployments. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2026 Jan; 41(1):259-275.

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Jaroenngarmsamer T, Leerapan B, McDonough RV, Bodani V, Ahmed SU, Sehgal A, Poppe A, Goyal M, Krings T, Singhara Na Ayudhaya S. Scaling up thrombectomy care in transitioning health systems: a qualitative study of stroke centres in Canada. BMJ Open Qual. 2025 Apr 20; 14(2).

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Borsky AE, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Rodriguez A, Fenwick K, Friedman JK, Yano EM. The State of VA-funded Women Veterans' Health Systems Research. Womens Health Issues. 2025 May-Jun; 35(3):205-218.

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Zucker DM. Using Appreciative Inquiry in Correctional Health Care: An Integrative Review. J Correct Health Care. 2025 Feb; 31(1):29-36.

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Applebaum AJ, Sannes TS. The Importance of Honoring Family Caregiver Burden: Challenges in Mental Health Care Delivery. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2025 Jun; 32(2):193-201.

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Ledesma JR, Chrysanthopoulou SA, Lurie MN, Nuzzo JB, Papanicolas I. Health system resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative analysis of disruptions in care from 32 countries. Health Serv Res. 2024 12; 59(6):e14382.

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Al-Khatib SM, Singh JP, Ghanbari H, McManus DD, Deering TF, Avari Silva JN, Mittal S, Krahn A, Hurwitz JL. The potential of artificial intelligence to revolutionize health care delivery, research, and education in cardiac electrophysiology. Heart Rhythm. 2024 06; 21(6):978-989.

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