Quality Assurance, Health Care
"Quality Assurance, Health 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.
Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.
| Descriptor ID |
D011785
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.700 N05.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality Assurance, Health Care- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Healthcare Quality Assurance
- Assurance, Healthcare Quality
- Assurances, Healthcare Quality
- Healthcare Quality Assurances
- Quality Assurances, Healthcare
- Quality Assurance, Healthcare
- Health Care Quality Assurance
Healthcare Quality Assessment- Healthcare Quality Assessment
- Assessment, Healthcare Quality
- Assessments, Healthcare Quality
- Healthcare Quality Assessments
- Quality Assessments, Healthcare
- Quality Assessment, Healthcare
- Quality Assessment, Health Care
- Health Care Quality Assessment
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quality Assurance, Health Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quality Assurance, Health Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2008 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Assurance, Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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Defining optimal left ventricular assist device short-term outcomes may provide insight into programmatic quality assessment. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2024 Nov; 43(11):1777-1787.
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Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance Analysis of Alliance A021501: Preoperative mFOLFIRINOX or mFOLFIRINOX Plus Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Borderline Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Sep 01; 120(1):111-119.
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Cytopathology in Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology: Updates, Recent Advances, and Practical Considerations. Acta Cytol. 2023; 67(2):109-110.
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Quality assurance and quality control in surgical oncology. J Surg Oncol. 2022 Dec; 126(8):1560-1572.
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Using Human-Centered Design in Personalized Anticipatory Guidance: Enriching Anticipatory Guidance on Early Cognitive and Language Development. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2021 11; 60(13):528-542.
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American Gastroenterological Association Institute and College of American Pathologists Quality Measure Development for Detection of Mismatch Repair Deficiency and Lynch Syndrome Management. Gastroenterology. 2022 02; 162(2):360-365.
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Implementation of Complex Interventions: Lessons Learned From the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Transitional Care Portfolio. Med Care. 2021 08 01; 59(Suppl 4):S344-S354.
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A Contemporary Analysis of Delayed Diagnoses After Traumatic Injury : The Role of Operative Therapy. Am Surg. 2021 Mar; 87(3):384-389.
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A measure of case complexity for streamlining workflow in multidisciplinary tumor boards: Mixed methods development and early validation of the MeDiC tool. Cancer Med. 2020 07; 9(14):5143-5154.
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Regional Variance in Disability and Quality-of-Life Outcomes After Surgery for Grade I Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Quality Outcomes Database Analysis. World Neurosurg. 2020 06; 138:e336-e344.