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 221 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2006

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	2	3
1996	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	2	2	4
1999	1	3	4
2000	0	2	2
2001	4	2	6
2002	3	3	6
2003	4	4	8
2004	4	3	7
2005	5	7	12
2006	8	6	14
2007	3	4	7
2008	3	3	6
2009	7	1	8
2010	7	4	11
2011	3	7	10
2012	2	4	6
2013	5	7	12
2014	9	2	11
2015	5	5	10
2016	10	2	12
2017	8	5	13
2018	5	4	9
2019	4	2	6
2020	4	3	7
2021	4	5	9
2022	1	5	6
2023	0	4	4
2024	4	2	6

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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 Mar; 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 Nov; 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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Geissler KH, Shieh MS, Krishnan JA, Lindenauer PK, Ash AS, Goff SL. Health Insurance Type and Outpatient Specialist Care Among Children With Asthma. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 06 03; 7(6):e2417319.

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Sine K, Lavoie T, Caffrey AR, Lopes VV, Dosa D, LaPlante KL, Appaneal HJ. Exploring variations in recommended first-choice therapy for complicated urinary tract infections in males: Insights from outpatient settings across age, race, and ethnicity. Pharmacotherapy. 2024 Apr; 44(4):308-318.

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Kapoor A, Patel P, Mbusa D, Pham T, Cicirale C, Tran W, Beavers C, Javed S, Wagner J, Swain D, Crawford S, Darling C, ItoFuKunaga M, McManus D, Mazor K, Gurwitz J. Multicomponent Pharmacist Intervention Did Not Reduce Clinically Important Medication Errors for Ambulatory Patients Initiating Direct Oral Anticoagulants. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Dec; 38(16):3526-3534.

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Westafer LM, Jessen E, Zampi M, Boccio E, Casey SD, Lindenauer PK, Vinson DR. Barriers and Facilitators to the Outpatient Management of Low-risk Pulmonary Embolism From the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2023 09; 82(3):381-393.

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Suzuki J, Martin B, Loguidice F, Smelson D, Liebschutz JM, Schnipper JL, Weiss RD. A Peer Recovery Coach Intervention for Hospitalized Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. J Addict Med. 2023 Sep-Oct 01; 17(5):604-607.

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