"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696
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| 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
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1998 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2017 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2018 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 2019 | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| 2020 | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| 2021 | 9 | 25 | 34 |
| 2022 | 4 | 30 | 34 |
| 2023 | 10 | 29 | 39 |
| 2024 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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The Impact of Sociodemographic Variables on Functional Recovery following Lower Extremity Amputation. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Jan; 110(Pt B):317-336.
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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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Trends in Mortality After Incident Hospitalization for Heart Failure Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Aug 01; 7(8):e2428964.
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Association between COVID-19 vaccination and atrial arrhythmias in individuals with cardiac implantable electronic devices. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2024 Sep; 35(9):1828-1836.
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Predictors of Shock-Reduction Programming and Its Impact on Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapies and Mortality: The CERTITUDE Registry. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Aug 06; 13(15):e034500.
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Collaborative Care Cost-Sharing and Referral Rates in Colorado. Med Care. 2024 Sep 01; 62(9):624-627.
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Trends of medicare reimbursement for breast cancer and reconstructive surgery. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2024 Jul; 94:50-53.
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The ethics of hypopnea scoring. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 Apr 01; 20(4):615-617.
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The Association Between Metformin Use and New-Onset ICD Coding of Geographic Atrophy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024 Mar 05; 65(3):23.
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Cost of genetic testing, delayed care, and suboptimal treatment associated with polymerase chain reaction versus next-generation sequencing biomarker testing for genomic alterations in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. J Med Econ. 2024 Jan-Dec; 27(1):292-303.