"Primary 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.
Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)
| Descriptor ID |
D011320
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.233.727
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| Concept/Terms |
Primary Health Care- Primary Health Care
- Care, Primary Health
- Health Care, Primary
- Primary Healthcare
- Healthcare, Primary
- Primary Care
- Care, Primary
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Primary Health Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Primary 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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2000 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2007 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2008 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2010 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2011 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 2012 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| 2013 | 26 | 8 | 34 |
| 2014 | 17 | 8 | 25 |
| 2015 | 28 | 11 | 39 |
| 2016 | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| 2017 | 21 | 7 | 28 |
| 2018 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2019 | 23 | 10 | 33 |
| 2020 | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| 2021 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2022 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2023 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Primary Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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Tailoring Screening Algorithms for a Large Health System: Autism Screening as a Case Example. Acad Pediatr. 2026 Aug; 26(6):103350.
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Behavioral telehealth in low-resource primary care settings for anxiety and depression in youth: protocol for a randomized effectiveness-implementation study. Trials. 2026 Jun 03; 27(1).
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A pilot randomized controlled trial of an outreach intervention to improve depression treatment initiation among racial and ethnic groups. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2026 May-Jun; 100:277-283.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Actions Taken in Primary Care in Response to Adolescents' Elevated Mental Health Symptoms. Acad Pediatr. 2026 May-Jun; 26(4):103304.
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Latent tuberculosis infection care cascade outcomes in primary care clinics in the tuberculosis epidemiologic studies consortium-III. Ann Epidemiol. 2026 Jun; 118:110081.
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Barriers and Facilitators to Screening for Anxiety and Intimate Partner Violence. J Am Board Fam Med. 2026 Feb 27; 38(6):1049-1063.
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A Primary Care Intervention to Improve Melanoma Detection and Management. J Am Board Fam Med. 2026 Jan; 39(1).
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Primary Care-Based Alcohol Screening and Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Cisgender Adults in an Integrated Health System. Am J Prev Med. 2026 Apr; 70(4):108240.
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Differences in benefits of office based opioid treatment: Secondary analyses across sub-groups in the PROUD randomized controlled implementation trial. Addiction. 2026 Mar; 121(3):629-642.
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Optimizing the community resource specialist to address social needs in primary care: results from a pragmatic quality improvement evaluation. BMC Prim Care. 2025 10 31; 26(1):330.