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 404 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 40 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	8	11
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	11	18	29
2020	11	18	29
2021	15	25	40
2022	10	23	33
2023	8	18	26
2024	6	14	20
2025	4	5	9

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

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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Herman PM, Mann S, DeBar LL, Avins AL, Justice M, Nielsen A, Pressman A, Stone KL, Wellman R, Cook AJ. Cost-Effectiveness of Acupuncture Needling for Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2026 Feb 01; 51(3):E65-E75.

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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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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 Jan; 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 Apr; 44(4):433-442.

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Zettervall SL, Dun C, Columbo JA, Mendes BC, Goodney PP, Schanzer A, Schermerhorn ML, Makary MA, Black JH, Hicks CW. Fenestrated and Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair and Mortality at Hospitals Without Investigational Device Trials. JAMA Surg. 2025 Feb 01; 160(2):153-161.

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Ferro EG, Reynolds MR, Xu J, Song Y, Cohen DJ, Wadhera RK, d'Avila A, Zimetbaum PJ, Yeh RW, Kramer DB. Contemporary Administrative Codes to Identify Pulmonary Vein Isolation Procedures for Atrial Fibrillation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jan 21; 14(2):e037003.

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Lee YC, Shi SM, Sison SM, Park CM, Oh G, Jeong S, McCarthy EP, Kim DH. Discontinuation of Cholinesterase Inhibitors Following Initiation of Memantine and Admission to Long-Term Care Among Older Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 11 04; 7(11):e2445878.

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