Patient-Centered Care

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	N04.590.233.727.407
Concept/Terms	Patient-Centered Care Patient-Centered Care Care, Patient-Centered Patient Centered Care Nursing, Patient-Centered Nursing, Patient-Centered Nursing, Patient Centered Patient-Centered Nursing Patient Centered Nursing Patient-Focused Care Patient-Focused Care Care, Patient-Focused Patient Focused Care Medical Home Medical Home Home, Medical Homes, Medical Medical Homes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient-Centered Care".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Comprehensive Health Care [N04.590.233]
Primary Health Care [N04.590.233.727]
Patient-Centered Care [N04.590.233.727.407]

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Bar chart showing 205 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 20 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
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	13	7	20
2019	8	5	13
2020	5	4	9
2021	3	5	8
2022	3	4	7
2023	3	2	5
2024	3	5	8
2025	3	4	7
2026	3	2	5

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Kalluri NS, Ho T, Mourão ML, Gnecco S, Khan A, Parker MG. Early neonatal intensive care unit family meetings: Communication patterns, patient-centeredness, and family perception. Patient Educ Couns. 2026 Nov; 152:109784.

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Gallant B, Hu A, Oldewurtel K, Beauharnais C, Aulet T, Peponis T, Sturrock P, Maykel J, Alavi K. Patient-centered online health information on diverticulitis: Assessing the readability, content, and overall quality. Am J Surg. 2026 Nov; 261:117030.

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Olszewski AE, Butler RA, Ashana DC, Carson S, Cox CE, Hough CL, Hwang DY, Maloney D, Mayr F, Menon V, Steingrub JS, Sullivan DR, Vincent G, Wendlandt B, White D. Protocol for a randomized trial of a scalable, interactive tool to support surrogate decision-makers of critically ill patients. Contemp Clin Trials. 2026 May; 164:108262.

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Vyvey E, Soenen R, Oon HH, Mburu S, Awici-Rasmussen M, Affandi AM, Gulliver W, Choon SE, Torres T, FitzGerald A, Gonzalez-Cantero A, López-Ferrer A, Lee CH, Valenzuela F, Maul JT, Puig L, Okuse M, El-Komy M, Foley P, Vender R, Boehncke WH, Pohunek J, Wang YH, Londoño-García A, Todd G, Velasquez-Lopera M, Lebwohl M, Lau E, Schmitt-Egenolf M, Hilhorst N, Connell S, Deprez E, van Geel N, Griffiths C, Van de Kerkhof P, Lambert J. Building the foundations for an international patient-centred outcomes set for psoriasis: A scoping study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2026 Jun; 40(6):1005-1018.

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Kim MJ, Yoo SH, Woo KS, Choi H, Chang E, Choi K, Park YS, Kim Y, Kim DH, Kim J, Shin DW. Toward the Implementation of Shared Decision-Making in Korean Clinical Practice: Study Protocol for a Foundational Research Project. J Korean Med Sci. 2026 Jan 26; 41(4):e38.

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Marquard JL, Martin CL, Wick EC, Trofholz AC, Loth MS, Park S, Melton GB. Human-centered Design of Patient Interviews: Capturing the Experiences of Patients Recovering From Emergency Abdominal Surgery. J Patient Saf. 2026 Mar 01; 22(2):127-132.

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Lykkeberg B, Christensen AV, Berg SK, Larsen SH, Van Bulck L, Goossens E, Kovacs AH, Luyckx K, Ladak LA, Leye M, Van De Bruaene A, Leong MC, Kaneva A, Amaral F, Araujo JJ, Sasikumar N, Gabriel H, Goshu DY, Wang JK, Enomoto J, Areias ME, Kosmidis D, Coats L, Valente AM, Moon JR, Ladouceur M, Thomet C, Jackson JL, Sandberg C, Callus E, Kim YY, Alday L, Bredy C, Saidi A, Reyes FB, Menahem S, de Hosson M, Hlebowicz J, Christersson C, Zaidi A, Johansson B, Andresen B, Ambassa JC, Mandalenakis Z, Constantine A, Amedro P, Van Melle JP, Cedars A, Ortiz L, Demir F, Khairy P, Windram J, Bouchardy J, Caruana M, Jameson SM, Mahadevan VS, McGrath LB, Mwita JC, Moons P. Person-centred care in congenital heart disease: Intercountry variation in patient-reported experiences across 32 countries. Int J Cardiol. 2026 Feb 01; 444:133958.

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O'Malley MP, Armstrong E, Lyons R, Müller 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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Littenberg B, Bonnell L, Callas P, Hitt J, Macchi CR, Martin M, McEntee ML, Mullin DJ, Rose GL, van Eeghen C. Degree of Behavioral Health Integration and Patient Outcomes. J Am Board Fam Med. 2025 Sep-Oct; 38(5):834-845.

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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 09; 29(9):102125.

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