"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 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2014 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2017 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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A modified self-controlled case series on mortality risk following primary series doses of COVID-19 vaccines in U.S. Medicare beneficiaries aged 65?years and older. Vaccine. 2026 Apr 19; 79:128460.
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Revising the Sustainability Plan for the National Diabetes Prevention Program. Am J Prev Med. 2026 Apr; 70(4):108182.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Acupuncture Needling for Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2026 Feb 01; 51(3):E65-E75.
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Opportunities and obstacles associated with the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program. Am J Manag Care. 2025 Oct; 31(10):578-582.
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Pretransplant screening and lower incidence of breast and prostate cancers among organ transplant recipients in the United States. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Sep 01; 9(5).
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Geospatial disparities, health system factors, and breast cancer care quality. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Sep 01; 9(5).
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Insurance type and risk of dementia diagnosis after traumatic brain injury: a study of 267 473 US civilians from 2000 to 2022. BMJ Open. 2025 Jul 01; 15(7):e095893.
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Association of Social Needs with Diabetes Outcomes in an Older Population. J Am Board Fam Med. 2025 May 12; 38(1):125-132.
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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.