"Health Care Reform" 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.
Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.
| Descriptor ID |
D018166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.655.500.608.400.285 I01.880.604.825.608.400.285 N03.349.285 N03.623.500.608.428.285 N04.590.374.285 N05.300.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Care Reform- Health Care Reform
- Health Care Reforms
- Reform, Health Care
- Reforms, Health Care
- Healthcare Reform
- Healthcare Reforms
- Reform, Healthcare
- Reforms, Healthcare
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Care Reform" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Care Reform" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Reform" by people in Profiles.
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Reforming Nursing Home Financing, Payment, and Oversight. N Engl J Med. 2022 05 19; 386(20):1869-1871.
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Cherry Blossoms, COVID-19, and the Opportunity for a Healthy Life. Ann Fam Med. 2021 Jan-Feb; 19(1):63-65.
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"Original Sin" and U.S. Health Care Reform. Ann Intern Med. 2020 01 21; 172(2 Suppl):S62-S63.
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Financing Diabetes Care in the U.S. Health System: Payment Innovations for Addressing the Medical and Social Determinants of Health. Curr Diab Rep. 2019 11 20; 19(11):136.
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Correlates of Patient-Centered Care Practices at U.S. Substance Use Disorder Clinics. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 01 01; 71(1):35-42.
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Taking societal cost into clinical consideration: U.S. physicians' views. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2018 Jul-Sep; 9(3):173-180.
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Well-woman Care Barriers and Facilitators of Low-income Women Obtaining Induced Abortion after the Affordable Care Act. Womens Health Issues. 2018 Sep - Oct; 28(5):387-392.
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Building Systems That Work for Children With Complex Health Care Needs: Editor's Note. Pediatrics. 2018 03; 141(Suppl 3):S192-S194.
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Assumptions of Quality Medicine: The Role of Uncertainty. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 08 01; 143(8):753-754.
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Solving Disparities Through Payment And Delivery System Reform: A Program To Achieve Health Equity. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 06 01; 36(6):1133-1139.