"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 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2014 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2015 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2016 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2017 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient-Centered Care" by people in Profiles.
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Treatable traits in interstitial lung disease: opportunities and challenges. Respir Med. 2025 Nov; 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.
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Oncology Medical Homes: ASCO-Community Oncology Alliance Standards. JCO Oncol Pract. 2026 Mar; 22(3):365-374.
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Actionable partnerships for shaping healthcare's future by closing the equitable access gap and delivering meaningful change. J Public Health Policy. 2025 Sep; 46(3):685-699.
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Reducing Repeat Emergency Department Visits for Low-Acuity Patients Using a Healthcare Connection Program. West J Emerg Med. 2025 Jun 25; 26(4):853-862.
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Transitional Care Units in the United States: A Model for Improving Dialysis Care. Kidney360. 2025 Jun 16; 6(8):1415-1421.
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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: Developed by a multisociety taskforce coordinated by the Heart Valve Society (HVS) including the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the Australian & New Zealand Society of Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS), the International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology (ISACB), the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS), the South African Heart Association (SHA), Heart Valve Voice, and Global Heart Hub. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2025 Mar; 18(3):e000128.
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Creating effective teams and valuing patient-centered care to change culture and improve equity on labor and delivery: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 23; 24(1):1645.
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Editorial: (Re)defining hypothyroidism: the key to patient-centered treatment. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024; 15:1369723.