"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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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 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 | 7 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2017 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2018 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2019 | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| 2020 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| 2021 | 9 | 24 | 33 |
| 2022 | 3 | 25 | 28 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Hospitalisations for cardiovascular and respiratory disease among older adults living near unconventional natural gas development: a difference-in-differences analysis. Lancet Planet Health. 2023 Mar; 7(3):e187-e196.
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Association of Staffing Instability With Quality of Nursing Home Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 01 03; 6(1):e2250389.
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Association of Hospital Quality and Neighborhood Deprivation With Mortality After Inpatient Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 01 03; 6(1):e2253620.
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Preoperative ?-Blocker Therapy and Stroke or Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Major Abdominal Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Anesthesiology. 2023 01 01; 138(1):42-54.
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Yet Another Crack in the Facade of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 01 01; 207(1):2-4.
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Association of Medicare Beneficiary and Hospital Accountable Care Organization Alignment With Surgical Cost Savings. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 12 02; 3(12):e224817.
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Association of COVID-19 Vaccination Rates of Staff and COVID-19 Illness and Death Among Residents and Staff in US Nursing Homes. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 12 01; 5(12):e2249002.
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Blood Pressure Cuff Sizes for Adults in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015-2020. Am J Hypertens. 2022 11 02; 35(11):923-928.
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Proceedings From the ASCO/College of American Pathologists Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Predictive Biomarker Summit. JCO Precis Oncol. 2022 11; 6:e2200454.
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Pediatric Hospitalizations for Atopic Dermatitis in the United States; Characteristics Associated with the Atopic Triad. Skinmed. 2022; 20(5):344-349.