"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Home Care Services" by people in this website by year, and whether "Home Care Services" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Home Care Services" by people in Profiles.
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Shippee TP, Bucy TI, Parikh RR, Wolf JM, Shewmaker P, Mulcahy JF, Skarphol T, Giordano S, Isvan N, Jutkowitz E. Service Utilization and Consumer-Reported Unmet Needs in Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults. J Aging Soc Policy. 2025; 37(5):817-831.
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Kim SJ, Swanson VA, Collier GH, Rabinowitz AR, Zondervan DK, Reinkensmeyer DJ. Using Large-Scale Sensor Data to Test Factors Predictive of Perseverance in Home Movement Rehabilitation: Early Exercise Frequency and Schedule Consistency. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2024; 32:3251-3260.
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Fabius CD, Parikh R, Wolf JM, Giordano S, Fashaw-Walters S, Jutkowitz E, Shippee T. Racial and ethnic differences in unmet needs among older adults receiving publicly-funded home and community-based services. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Nov; 72(11):3520-3529.
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Shippee TP, Duan Y, Baker ZG, Parikh R, Bucy T, Jutkowitz E. Measuring Consumer-Reported Quality of Life Among Recipients of Publicly Funded Home- and Community-Based Services: Implications for Health Equity. J Aging Health. 2025 Aug; 37(7-8):468-478.
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Bucy TI, Mulcahy JF, Shippee TP, Fashaw-Walters S, Dahal R, Duan Y, Jutkowitz E. Examining Satisfaction and Quality in Home- and Community-Based Service Programs in the United States: A Scoping Review. Gerontologist. 2023 10 17; 63(9):1437-1455.
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Levine B, Bennett I, Higgins A, Woods D, Papas M, Surampudy A. Use of Voice-Assisted Technology to Enhance the Home Health Care Patient Experience. J Gerontol Nurs. 2022 Dec; 48(12):17-24.
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Sefcik JS, Petrovsky DV, Huang L, Behrens LL, Naylor MD, Hodgson NA, Hirschman KB. Predictors of change over time in satisfaction with outdoor activities ratings among long-term care services and supports recipients. Geriatr Nurs. 2022 May-Jun; 45:153-159.
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Shang J, Harrison JM, Chastain AM, Stone PW, Perera UGE, Madigan EA, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Dick AW. Influenza vaccination of home health care staff and the impact on patient hospitalizations. Am J Infect Control. 2022 04; 50(4):369-374.
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Chou E, Sockolow PS. Transitions of Care: Completeness of the Interoperability Data Standard for Communication from Home Health Care to Primary Care. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2021; 2021:295-304.
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Burnett RA, Mestyanek CE, Courtney PM, Della Valle CJ. Home Health Care in Medicare-Aged Patients is Associated With Increased Early Emergency Visits, Readmissions, and Costs Following Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2022 08; 37(8S):S771-S776.e1.