"Patient-Centered 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.
Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)
| Descriptor ID |
D018802
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.233.727.407
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| Concept/Terms |
Medical Home- Medical Home
- Home, Medical
- Homes, Medical
- Medical Homes
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient-Centered Care".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Patient-Centered Care".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient-Centered Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient-Centered Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2014 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2015 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2017 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2020 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient-Centered Care" by people in Profiles.
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O'Malley MP, Armstrong E, Lyons R, M?ller N. Representations of Clients and Speech and Language Therapists in Assessment Reports: A Critical Analysis. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2025 Sep-Oct; 60(5):e70113.
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Webber AA, Nehemiah A, Graham-Stephenson A, Ladin K, Wurcel AG, Saraidaridis JT. Barriers and opportunities to improve shared decision-making for patients with ulcerative colitis: a qualitative study. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025 Sep; 29(9):102125.
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Fromme EK, Tjia J, Clayton MF, Duodu V, Puerto G, Troiani F, DeSanto-Madeya S. Human-Centered Design Development and Acceptability Testing of a Goal Concordant Prescribing Program in Hospice. J Palliat Med. 2025 May; 28(5):624-631.
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Charlson ME, Mittleman I, Ramos R, Cassells A, Lin TJ, Eggleston A, Wells MT, Hollenberg J, Pirraglia P, Winston G, Tobin JN. Preventing "tipping points" in high comorbidity patients: A lifeline from health coaches - rationale, design and methods. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 May; 152:107865.
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Kitsiou S, Gerber BS, Buchholz SW, Kansal MM, Sun J, Pressler SJ. Patient-Centered mHealth Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Phase 1 Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Jan 15; 27:e55586.
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Heald J, Fetzer DT, Rodgers S, Jain V, Fung A, Liu X, Wilson S, Kamaya A, Marks RM. Patient centered HCC surveillance - complementary roles of ultrasound and CT/MRI. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2025 05; 50(5):2088-2096.
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Etingen B, Cohen-Bearak A, Adjognon OL, Vogt D, Hogan TP, Gaj L, Orner MB, Barker AM, Bokhour BG. Measuring Patient Well-Being During Whole-Person Clinical Care: Lessons From the Veterans Health Administration Well-Beings Signs Implementation Pilot. Med Care. 2024 Dec 01; 62(12 Suppl 1):S57-S64.
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Rupcic S, Tam MZ, DeLaughter KL, Gifford AL, Barker AM, Bokhour BG, Xu C, Dryden E, Anderson E, Jasuja GK, Boudreau J, Douglas JH, Hyde J, Mozer R, Zeliadt SB, Fix GM. Co-designing a blueprint for spreading person-centered, Whole Health care to HIV specialty care settings: a mixed methods protocol. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Oct 29; 24(1):1306.
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Candrian C, Weissman JS, Tjia J. SOGI Data Collection - Proceeding, but with Caution. N Engl J Med. 2024 08 15; 391(7):580-581.
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Muehlschlegel S. Prognostication in Neurocritical Care. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2024 Jun 01; 30(3):878-903.