"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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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 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 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2021 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 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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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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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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Association Between Preoperative Hemodialysis Timing and Postoperative Mortality in Patients With End-stage Kidney Disease. JAMA. 2022 11 08; 328(18):1837-1848.
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Risk of Acute Kidney Injury Among Older Adults With Heart Failure and With Reduced Ejection Fraction Treated With Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibitor vs Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitor in Routine Clinical Care. J Card Fail. 2023 Feb; 29(2):138-146.
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Can clinician champions reduce potentially inappropriate medications in people living with dementia? Study protocol for a cluster randomized trial. Implement Sci. 2022 09 27; 17(1):63.
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Association of Insurance Coverage With Adoption of Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Gastric Bypass for Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 08 01; 5(8):e2225964.