"Medicare" 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.
Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)
| Descriptor ID |
D006278
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696
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| Concept/Terms |
Medicare- Medicare
- Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medicare" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medicare" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2017 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Antihypertensive medication persistence and adherence among non-Hispanic Asian US patients with hypertension and fee-for-service Medicare health insurance. PLoS One. 2024; 19(3):e0300372.
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Tolerability Outcomes of American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America Guideline-Recommended Multidrug Antibiotic Treatment for Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease in US Medicare Beneficiaries With Bronchiectasis. Chest. 2024 May; 165(5):1058-1069.
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Telephone-based social health screening by pharmacists in the nonadherent Medicare population. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2023 Nov; 29(11):1184-1192.
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Individuals Eligible for Lung Cancer Screening Less Likely to Receive Screening When Enrolled in Health Plans With Deductibles. Med Care. 2023 Oct 01; 61(10):665-673.
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Population-Based Estimates for the Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in the United States by Race, Ethnicity, Age, Sex, and Geographic Region. JAMA Neurol. 2023 07 01; 80(7):693-701.
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Private Payer and Medicare Coverage Policies for Use of Circulating Tumor DNA Tests in Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2023 06; 21(6):609-616.e4.
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Stakeholder analysis: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program awareness and implementation. Am J Manag Care. 2023 06; 29(6):308-312.
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Economic Evaluation of Mailed Home-Based Human Papillomavirus Self-sampling Kits for Cervical Cancer Screening. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 03 01; 6(3):e234052.
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Evaluation of Mycobacterium Avium Complex Pulmonary Disease Treatment Completion and Adherence to ATS/IDSA Guidelines. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 02 08; 76(3):e1408-e1415.
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The Association Between Social Isolation and Memory Loss Among Older Adults. J Am Board Fam Med. 2022 12 23; 35(6):1168-1173.