"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 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 System-Wide Population Health Value Approach to Reduce Hospitalization Among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: an Observational Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 06; 36(6):1613-1621.
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A comparative analysis of skin substitutes used in the management of diabetic foot ulcers. J Wound Care. 2016 10 01; 25(Sup10):S8-S17.
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Changes over time in the use of do not resuscitate orders and the outcomes of patients receiving them. Med Care. 1997 Apr; 35(4):311-9.
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Racial differences in the utilization of inpatient rehabilitation services among elderly stroke patients. Stroke. 1997 Jan; 28(1):19-25.
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Outcomes of patients with do-not-resuscitate orders. Toward an understanding of what do-not-resuscitate orders mean and how they affect patients. Arch Intern Med. 1995 Oct 23; 155(19):2063-8.
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Epidemiology of do-not-resuscitate orders. Disparity by age, diagnosis, gender, race, and functional impairment. Arch Intern Med. 1995 Oct 23; 155(19):2056-62.
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Health care for black and poor hospitalized Medicare patients. JAMA. 1994 Apr 20; 271(15):1169-74.
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HMO vs fee-for-service care of older persons with acute myocardial infarction. Am J Public Health. 1992 Dec; 82(12):1626-30.
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Watching the doctor-watchers. How well do peer review organization methods detect hospital care quality problems? JAMA. 1992 May 06; 267(17):2349-54.