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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2007 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2008 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 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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Vaccination Status and Adherence to Quality Measures for Acute Respiratory Tract Illnesses. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 03; 10(3):199-205.
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Validation of a Parent-Reported Hospital-to-Home Transition Experience Measure. Pediatrics. 2020 02; 145(2).
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Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part I. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2018 Nov - Dec; 41(9):800-806.
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The HEDIS Medication Management for People with Asthma measure is not associated with improved asthma outcomes. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 04; 7(4):1327-1329.e8.
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How Do Innovative Primary Care Practices Achieve the Quadruple Aim? J Ambul Care Manage. 2018 Oct/Dec; 41(4):288-297.
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Hospital-Based Quality Measures for Pediatric Mental Health Care. Pediatrics. 2018 06; 141(6).
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Few Americans Receive All High-Priority, Appropriate Clinical Preventive Services. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 06; 37(6):925-928.
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Heart Failure Management in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Literature Review. Can J Cardiol. 2018 07; 34(7):871-880.
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Development of New Quality Measures for Hospital-Based Care of Suicidal Youth. Acad Pediatr. 2018 04; 18(3):248-255.
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Using implementation tools to design and conduct quality improvement projects for faster and more effective improvement. Int J Health Care Qual Assur. 2017 Oct 09; 30(8):755-768.