"Home Care Services" 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.
Community health and NURSING SERVICES providing coordinated multiple services to the patient at the patient's homes. These home-care services are provided by a visiting nurse, home health agencies, HOSPITALS, or organized community groups using professional staff for care delivery. It differs from HOME NURSING which is provided by non-professionals.
| Descriptor ID |
D006699
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.143.524 N02.421.539.089
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| Concept/Terms |
Home Care Services- Home Care Services
- Home Care Service
- Service, Home Care
- Care Services, Home
- Domiciliary Care
- Care, Domiciliary
- Services, Home Care
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Home Care Services" by people in Profiles.
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Perceived Contributors to Job Quality and Retention at Home Care Cooperatives. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 01; 8(4):e254457.
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Spiritual distress: symptoms, quality of life and hospital utilisation in home-based palliative care. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2021 Sep; 11(3):322-328.
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Evaluation of a Transitional Care Program After Hospitalization for Heart Failure in an Integrated Health Care System. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 12 01; 3(12):e2027410.
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Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Home Health Care in the Time of COVID-19. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 11; 21(11):1517-1518.
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Home care after elective vascular surgery: still more questions than answers. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 12; 29(12):968-970.
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Caregiver Experiences of Care Coordination for Recently Discharged Patients: A Qualitative Metasynthesis. West J Nurs Res. 2020 08; 42(8):649-659.
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Protocol for a Noninferiority Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Home-Based Palliative Care (HomePal). J Palliat Med. 2019 09; 22(S1):20-33.
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Can high-cost spending in the community signal admission to hospital? A dynamic modeling study for urgent and elective cardiovascular patients. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Nov 15; 18(1):861.
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Reducing the burden of dizziness in middle-aged and older people: A multifactorial, tailored, single-blind randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2018 07; 15(7):e1002620.
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Provider Perspectives of High-Quality Pediatric Hospital-to-Home Transitions for Children and Youth With Chronic Disease. Hosp Pediatr. 2017 11; 7(11):649-659.