"Patient Dropouts" 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.
Discontinuance of care received by patient(s) due to reasons other than full recovery from the disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D010352
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.100.150.750.500.610 F01.145.488.887.500.610 N05.300.150.800.500.610
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Dropouts- Patient Dropouts
- Dropout, Patient
- Dropouts, Patient
- Patient Dropout
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Dropouts" by people in Profiles.
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Initiation, retention, and discontinuation of extended-release buprenorphine (BUP-XR) for opioid dependence: A single-arm multi-site trial in Ukraine. Int J Drug Policy. 2026 02; 148:105107.
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Predictors of clinical trial discontinuation in trichotillomania: a secondary analysis of previous clinical trials. BMC Psychiatry. 2025 09 02; 25(1):851.
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Treatment discontinuation in pharmacological clinical trials for gambling disorder. J Psychiatr Res. 2024 05; 173:210-215.
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Development, implementation, and effects of a cancer center's exercise-oncology program. Cancer. 2019 10 01; 125(19):3437-3447.
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Contraceptive Implant Discontinuation in Huambo and Luanda, Angola: A Qualitative Exploration of Motives. Matern Child Health J. 2017 Sep; 21(9):1763-1771.
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Retention in medication-assisted treatment programs in Ukraine-Identifying factors contributing to a continuing HIV epidemic. Int J Drug Policy. 2017 10; 48:44-53.
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Primary healthcare-based integrated care with opioid agonist treatment: First experience from Ukraine. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Apr 01; 173:132-138.
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When Subjects Violate the Research Covenant: Lessons Learned from a Failed Clinical Trial of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation. Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 11; 111(11):1508-1510.
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Need for improvements in clinical practice to retain patients in pre-antiretroviral therapy care: Data from rural clinics in North West Province, South Africa. AIDS Care. 2015; 27(10):1275-8.
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One-year follow-up of subsyndromal gambling disorder in non-treatment-seeking young adults. Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2014 Aug; 26(3):199-205.