"Quality of 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.
The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.
| Descriptor ID |
D011787
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761 N05.715
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality of Health Care- Quality of Health Care
- Health Care Quality
- Quality of Healthcare
- Healthcare Quality
- Quality of Care
- Care Qualities
- Care Quality
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quality of Health Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quality of 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 | 2 | 4 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2004 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2005 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2007 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2011 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2013 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2015 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2018 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality of Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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ASO Author Reflections: The Commission on Cancer's Role in Quality Procedures that Govern the National Cancer Database. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Sep; 31(9):5585-5586.
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How Well Is Surgical Improvement Being Conducted? Evaluation of 50 Local Surgery-Related Improvement Efforts. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 10 01; 235(4):573-580.
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Limitations to Health Care Quality Measurement: Assessing Hospital Variation in Risk of Cardiac Events After Noncardiac Surgery. Popul Health Manag. 2022 12; 25(6):712-720.
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Quality of Care for US Adults With Medicaid Insurance and Type 2 Diabetes in Federally Qualified Health Centers Compared With Other Primary Care Settings. Med Care. 2022 11 01; 60(11):813-820.
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Implementation fidelity of a nurse-led RCT-tested complex intervention, care coordination for health promotion and activities in Parkinson's disease (CHAPS) in meeting challenges in care management. BMC Neurol. 2022 Jan 24; 22(1):36.
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Hospital-specific Template Matching for Benchmarking Performance in a Diverse Multihospital System. Med Care. 2021 12 01; 59(12):1090-1098.
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Patterns of incident dementia codes during the COVID-19 pandemic at an integrated healthcare system. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 12; 69(12):3389-3396.
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Patient-Reported Care Coordination is Associated with Better Performance on Clinical Care Measures. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 12; 36(12):3665-3671.
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Social and Cultural Challenges in Caring for Latinx Individuals With Kidney Failure in Urban Settings. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 09 01; 4(9):e2125838.
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Organizational Health Literacy: Opportunities for Patient-Centered Care in the Wake of COVID-19. Qual Manag Health Care. 2021 Jan/Mar 01; 30(1):49-60.