Quality of Health Care

"Quality of Health 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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The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.

Descriptor ID	D011787
MeSH Number(s)	N04.761 N05.715
Concept/Terms	Quality of Health Care Quality of Health Care Health Care Quality Quality of Healthcare Healthcare Quality Quality of Care Care Qualities Care Quality Pharmacy Audit Pharmacy Audit Audit, Pharmacy Pharmacy Audits

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Quality of Health Care".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Quality of Health Care [N04.761]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]

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Bar chart showing 369 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 28 publications in 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	3	3
1996	4	0	4
1998	2	0	2
1999	0	4	4
2000	1	2	3
2001	1	2	3
2002	3	3	6
2003	2	4	6
2004	6	6	12
2005	5	1	6
2006	3	5	8
2007	3	2	5
2008	15	8	23
2009	6	8	14
2010	18	10	28
2011	9	9	18
2012	9	12	21
2013	10	8	18
2014	18	7	25
2015	11	13	24
2016	12	10	22
2017	18	8	26
2018	10	7	17
2019	8	8	16
2020	10	9	19
2021	5	7	12
2022	2	2	4
2023	0	9	9
2024	3	4	7
2025	0	4	4

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Reuben DB, Stevens AB, Gill TM, Williamson J, Volpi E, Lichtenstein ML, Jennings LA, Galloway R, Summapund J, Araujo K, Bass D, Weitzman L, Tan ZS, Evertson LC, Yang M, Green AS, Samper-Ternent R, Borek P, Xu Y, Peduzzi P, Greene EJ. Patient and Caregiver Outcomes of Health System, Community-Based, and Usual Dementia Care: A Prespecified Analysis of the Dementia Care Study (D-CARE) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Oct 01; 185(10):1227-1236.

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Isbell LM, Le V, Huff NR, Beals K, Tager JB, Kimball E, Whillock S, Boudreaux ED. Medical Care for Patients With Mental Health and/or Substance-Use Disorders: A Qualitative Investigation of Emergency Department Patient Experiences and Recommendations. Health Serv Res. 2025 Aug; 60(4):e14617.

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Attanasio LB, Geissler KH. "On the OB Side of Things, It's Completely Disconnected": Early Implementation of Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations and Health Care in the Perinatal Period. Womens Health Issues. 2025 Mar-Apr; 35(2):89-96.

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Byatt N, Zimmermann M, Lightbourne TC, Sankaran P, Haider UK, Sheldrick RC, Eliasziw M, Moore Simas TA. Addressing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in obstetric settings: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial of two approaches. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2025 Feb; 7(2):101599.

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Geissler KH, Shieh MS, Ash AS, Lindenauer PK, Krishnan JA, Goff SL. Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations and Disparities in Pediatric Asthma Care. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Nov 01; 178(11):1208-1215.

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Lu A, Pian-Smith MCM, Burden A, Fernandez GL, Fortner SA, Rege RV, Slakey DP, Velasco JM, Cooper JB, Steadman RH. Quality and Simulation Professionals Should Collaborate. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 12; 50(12):882-889.

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Stein NR, Stolzmann KL, Abel EA, Burgess CM, Franz A, Connolly SL, Meshberg N, Bailey HM, Osser DN, Smith EG, Bauer MS, Godleski L, Miller CJ. Ten Years of Bipolar Telehealth: Program Evaluation of a Team-Based Telemental Health Clinic. Telemed J E Health. 2025 Mar; 31(3):269-278.

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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 03; 25(2):102589.

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Lu A, Pian-Smith MCM, Burden A, Fernandez GL, Fortner SA, Rege RV, Slakey DP, Velasco JM, Cooper JB, Steadman RH. Call to Action: Quality and Simulation Professionals Should Collaborate. Simul Healthc. 2024 Oct 01; 19(5):319-325.

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Chokkara S, Rojas JC, Zhu M, Lindenauer PK, Press VG. Evaluating Quality of Care for Patients with Asthma in the Readmission Penalty Era. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Aug; 21(8):1166-1175.

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