"Patient Discharge" 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.
The administrative process of discharging the patient, alive or dead, from hospitals or other health facilities.
| Descriptor ID |
D010351
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.169.125 E02.760.400.610 N02.421.585.169.125 N02.421.585.400.610 N04.590.233.727.210.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Discharge- Patient Discharge
- Discharge, Patient
- Discharges, Patient
- Patient Discharges
Discharge Planning- Discharge Planning
- Discharge Plannings
- Planning, Discharge
- Plannings, Discharge
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient Discharge" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient Discharge" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2016 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2017 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2019 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Discharge" by people in Profiles.
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Decision Support Intervention and Anticoagulation for Emergency Department Atrial Fibrillation: The O'CAF? Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2443097.
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Intravenous Opioid Administration During Mechanical Ventilation and Use After Hospital Discharge. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jun 03; 7(6):e2417292.
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National Trends in Hospital Performance in Guideline-Recommended Pharmacologic Treatment for Heart Failure at Discharge. JACC Heart Fail. 2024 Jun; 12(6):1059-1070.
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Hospital Readmissions by Variation in Engagement in the Health Care Hotspotting Trial: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 09 05; 6(9):e2332715.
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Best Practice Alerts Informed by Inpatient Opioid Intake to Reduce Opioid Prescribing after Surgery (PRIOR): A Cluster Randomized Multiple Crossover Trial. Anesthesiology. 2023 Aug 01; 139(2):186-196.
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Association of a Medicare Advantage Posthospitalization Home Meal Delivery Benefit With Rehospitalization and Death. JAMA Health Forum. 2023 06 02; 4(6):e231678.
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Improving the Quality of Written Discharge Instructions: A Multisite Collaborative Project. Pediatrics. 2023 05 01; 151(5).
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Disease-Specific Factors Associated with Readmissions or Mortality After Hospital Discharge in COVID-19 Patients: a Retrospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 11; 37(15):3973-3978.
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Predicting the Need for Phototherapy After Discharge: Update for 2022 Phototherapy Guidelines. Pediatrics. 2022 09 01; 150(3).
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Effect of Medically Tailored Meals on Clinical Outcomes in Recently Hospitalized High-Risk Adults. Med Care. 2022 10 01; 60(10):750-758.