"Office Visits" 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.
Visits made by patients to health service providers' offices for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.
| Descriptor ID |
D009819
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.452.758.635
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| Concept/Terms |
Office Visits- Office Visits
- Office Visit
- Visit, Office
- Visits, Office
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Office Visits" by people in Profiles.
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Association of Private Equity Acquisition of Physician Practices With Changes in Health Care Spending and Utilization. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 09 02; 3(9):e222886.
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Impact of diabetes group visits on patient clinical and self-reported outcomes in community health centers. BMC Endocr Disord. 2022 Mar 10; 22(1):60.
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Patient satisfaction with telemedicine is noninferior to in-office visits: Lessons from a tertiary rhinology and endoscopic skull base surgery practice. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2022 05; 12(5):802-804.
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Community Health Workers Reduce Rehospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits for Low-Socioeconomic Urban Patients With Heart Failure. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2020 09; 19(3):139-145.
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Development of a Framework and Tool to Facilitate Cost-of-Care Conversations With Patients During Prenatal Care. Ann Intern Med. 2019 05 07; 170(9_Suppl):S62-S69.
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Impact of Medicare Office Visit Payment Reform on Urologic Practices. Urology. 2019 04; 126:83-88.
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The Impact of Infant Well-Child Care Compliance and Social Risks on Emergency Department Utilization. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2017 Sep; 56(10):920-927.
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Communication Between Physicians and Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Reflections and Insights from a Qualitative Study of In-Office Patient-Physician Visits. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2017 04; 23(4):494-501.
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Does Identification of Previously Undiagnosed Conditions Change Care-Seeking Behavior? Health Serv Res. 2018 06; 53(3):1517-1538.
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On Being a 21st Century Patient. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Mar 15; 164(6):446.