Medicare

"Medicare" 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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Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)

Descriptor ID	D006278
MeSH Number(s)	N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696
Concept/Terms	Medicare Medicare Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18 Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18 Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18 Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled

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

Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Economics [N03.219]
Financing, Organized [N03.219.521]
Financing, Government [N03.219.521.346]
Public Assistance [N03.219.521.346.506]
Medical Assistance [N03.219.521.346.506.564]
Medicare [N03.219.521.346.506.564.663]
Insurance [N03.219.521.576]
Insurance, Health [N03.219.521.576.343]
Medicare [N03.219.521.576.343.840]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Legislation as Topic [N03.706.615]
Medicare [N03.706.615.696]

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

Bar chart showing 409 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 39 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	3	2	5
1997	0	1	1
1998	2	0	2
1999	1	5	6
2000	3	9	12
2001	1	2	3
2002	1	3	4
2003	3	6	9
2004	3	2	5
2005	1	7	8
2006	3	7	10
2007	2	8	10
2008	8	2	10
2009	4	8	12
2010	5	3	8
2011	3	6	9
2012	5	5	10
2013	4	5	9
2014	7	3	10
2015	11	9	20
2016	7	8	15
2017	10	14	24
2018	5	10	15
2019	12	18	30
2020	12	18	30
2021	15	24	39
2022	11	24	35
2023	8	18	26
2024	6	14	20
2025	4	5	9
2026	2	1	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.

Tjia J, Troiani FL, Wyndham A, Tanikella S, Rumbut J, Castaneda-Avila MA. Geographic Variation in Missing Race and Ethnicity Data in Minimum Data Set 3.0. Med Care. 2026 Aug 01; 64(8):473-482.

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Christensen EW, Drake AR, Rula EY, Yuan CX, Wald C, Johnson MH, Nicola GN. National Turnaround Time Trends for Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries, 2014-2023. J Am Coll Radiol. 2026 Jul; 23(7):1244-1252.

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Long K, Bocobo G, Goldsmith A. Reimbursement and Policy Considerations of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Rural Family Medicine. J Am Board Fam Med. 2026 Feb 27; 38(6):967-973.

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Lines LM, Fujita M, Danforth KN, Barch DH, Halpern MT, Mollica MA, Eton DT, Smith AW. Hospice, palliative care, and care experiences among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2026 01; 17(1):102795.

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Oyinbo AG, Tisminetzky M, Baek J, Castaneda-Avila MA, DuMontier C, Ramanathan M, Lapane KL, Epstein MM. Patterns of multimorbidity in older adults with multiple myeloma: An analysis of SEER-Medicare. PLoS One. 2025; 20(8):e0330331.

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Jimenez JV, Zhang L, Lin Z, Ferrante LE, Falvey JR, Walkey AJ, Krumholz HM, Jain S. Association Between Hospital Safety-Net Status and Delivery of Rehabilitation to Older Adults With Acute Respiratory Failure. Chest. 2026 Jan; 169(1):94-105.

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Smulowitz PB, Ostrovsky D, Burke RC, Novack V, Isbell L, Kan V, Zaborski L, Landon BE. Clinician Risk Tolerance and Rates of Admission From the Emergency Department for Medicare Patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2026 01; 87(1):29-38.

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Chuzi S, Gao J, Thariath J, Faridi K, Pekow P, Lindenauer P, Spatz E, Groninger H, Lagu T. Characteristics and Outcomes of Palliative Continuous Intravenous Inotrope Support Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Heart Failure. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jul 15; 14(14):e039397.

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Tjia J, Alcusky M, Rumbut J, Furuno JP. Medications Reported to the Medicare Hospice Program after Medicare Drug Policy Changes, 2014-2018. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Jul; 70(1):e55-e64.

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Deng S, Hager K, Wang L, Cudhea FP, Wong JB, Kim DD, Mozaffarian D. Estimated Impact Of Medically Tailored Meals On Health Care Use And Expenditures In 50 US States. Health Aff (Millwood). 2025 04; 44(4):433-442.

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