Ambulatory Care

"Ambulatory 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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Health care services provided to patients on an ambulatory basis, rather than by admission to a hospital or other health care facility. The services may be a part of a hospital, augmenting its inpatient services, or may be provided at a free-standing facility.

Descriptor ID	D000553
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.106 N02.421.585.106
Concept/Terms	Ambulatory Care Ambulatory Care Care, Ambulatory Outpatient Care Care, Outpatient Health Services, Outpatient Health Services, Outpatient Health Service, Outpatient Outpatient Health Service Service, Outpatient Health Outpatient Health Services Outpatient Services Outpatient Service Service, Outpatient Services, Outpatient Services, Outpatient Health Urgent Care Urgent Care Care, Urgent Cares, Urgent Urgent Cares Clinic Visits Clinic Visits Clinic Visit Visit, Clinic Visits, Clinic

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

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Ambulatory Care [E02.760.106]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Ambulatory Care [N02.421.585.106]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Ambulatory Care".

Ambulatory Care
Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory

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Bar chart showing 232 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	1	2
1998	3	5	8
1999	2	3	5
2000	0	1	1
2001	4	2	6
2002	3	3	6
2003	4	5	9
2004	4	3	7
2005	6	6	12
2006	6	6	12
2007	2	4	6
2008	3	2	5
2009	7	2	9
2010	7	4	11
2011	3	7	10
2012	2	4	6
2013	6	7	13
2014	10	2	12
2015	5	5	10
2016	10	2	12
2017	10	6	16
2018	5	3	8
2019	5	2	7
2020	4	4	8
2021	4	6	10
2022	1	4	5
2023	0	4	4
2024	4	3	7
2025	2	1	3
2026	1	0	1

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Qaseem A, Obley AJ, Yost J, Abraham GM, Andrews RA, Jokela JA, Miller MC, Humphrey LL, Haeme R, Krain A, Poonacha T, Saini SD, Wilt TJ, Carroll K, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Harrod CS, Shamliyan T, Vigna C. Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19 in Symptomatic Adults: Living, Rapid Practice Points From the American College of Physicians (Version 3). Ann Intern Med. 2026 Apr; 179(4):559-563.

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Kan V, Lapane K, McManus D, Baek J, Darling C, Alcusky M. Racial disparities and trends in anticoagulant use among ambulatory care patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in the United States from 2007 to 2019. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Oct 03; 25(1):1300.

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Jeung YS, Bae SA, Lee SY, Sim JA, Keam B, Yoo SH. ED Visits Among Patients With Advanced Cancer Referred to Outpatient Palliative Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 07 01; 8(7):e2521101.

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Doerr AJ, Orwig TA, McNulty M, Sison SDM, Paquette DR, Leung R, Ding H, Erban SB, Weinstein BR, Guilarte-Walker Y, Zai AH, Walkey AJ, Soni A, McManus DD, Lin H. Digital Assessment of Cognitive Health in Outpatient Primary Care: Usability Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Mar 12; 9:e66695.

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Hall YN, Bensken WP, Morrissey SE, De La Cruz Alcantara I, Unruh ML, Prince DK. Community Health Center Penetration and Kidney Care Outcomes among Low-Income, Nonelderly Adults with Kidney Failure. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Feb 01; 20(2):169-177.

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Geanacopoulos AT, Branley C, Garg A, Samuels-Kalow ME, Gabbay JM, Peltz A. Association between Unmet Social Need and Ambulatory Quality of Care for US?Children. Acad Pediatr. 2025 03; 25(2):102589.

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Moore PE, Hayden LP, Villafranco NM, Toprak D, Rice JL, Rhein LM, Popova AP, McKinney RL, Manimtim WM, Levin JC, Lai KV, Gage SC, Bansal M, Baker CD, Austin ED, Agarwal A, McGrath-Morrow SA, Collaco JM. Outpatient clinical care for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A survey of the BPD collaborative. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Jan; 60(1):e27296.

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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 Dec; 59(6):e14382.

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Kelley AT, Torre MP, Wagner TH, Rosen AK, Shwartz M, Lu CC, Brown TK, Zheng T, Beilstein-Wedel E, Vanneman ME. Trends in Bundled Outpatient Behavioral Health Services in VA-Direct Versus VA-Purchased Care. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2024 11; 51(6):998-1010.

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Qaseem A, Yost J, Abraham GM, Andrews RA, Jokela JA, Miller MC, Humphrey LL, Obley AJ, Dunn AS, Haeme R, Lee RA, Saini SD, Tschanz MP, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Harrod CS, Shamliyan T. Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: Living, Rapid Practice Points From the American College of Physicians (Version 2, Update Alert). Ann Intern Med. 2024 Aug; 177(8):e2400128.

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