"Patient-Centered 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.
Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)
| Descriptor ID |
D018802
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.233.727.407
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| Concept/Terms |
Medical Home- Medical Home
- Home, Medical
- Homes, Medical
- Medical Homes
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient-Centered Care".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Patient-Centered Care".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient-Centered Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient-Centered Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2014 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2015 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2016 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient-Centered Care" by people in Profiles.
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Effect of Primary Care Value-Based Payment Implementation on Low-Value Care Among Medicaid Beneficiaries in North Carolina. Health Serv Res. 2026 Aug; 61(4):e70149.
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Same-Day Breast Imaging Services: Clinical Review, Implications, and Future Directions. J Breast Imaging. 2026 Jul 28; 8(4):428-435.
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Translating Cancer Science Into Cancer Care: Using Serious Illness Communication Frameworks to Deliver High-Quality Person-Centered Care in Neuro-Oncology. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2026 Jun; 46(3):e525426.
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The ethical problems with informed consent: How inconsistencies undermine patient autonomy. Am J Surg. 2026 Mar; 253:116821.
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Patient-Centered Televisit for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Discharge Transitions: User-Centered Design Study. JMIR Hum Factors. 2025 12 05; 12:e77953.
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The ICU Care Plan: Human-Centered Design of a Tool to Support Time-Limited Trials for Older Adults With Critical Illness. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Dec; 73(12):3747-3756.
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ASCO State of Cancer Care in America Special Report 2025: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials in the United States. JCO Oncol Pract. 2025 Dec; 21(12):1746-1758.
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Treatable traits in interstitial lung disease: opportunities and challenges. Respir Med. 2025 11; 248:108353.
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The first International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) standard dataset for reporting outcomes in heart valve disease: moving from device- to patient- centered outcomes. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2025 Aug 11; 11(5):515-528.
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A Guide to the Patient-Centric Use of Vedolizumab for Crohn's Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2025 Aug 01; 31(8):2269-2285.