Quality of Health Care

"Quality of Health Care" 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.

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The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.

Descriptor ID	D011787
MeSH Number(s)	N04.761 N05.715
Concept/Terms	Quality of Health Care Quality of Health Care Health Care Quality Quality of Healthcare Healthcare Quality Quality of Care Care Qualities Care Quality Pharmacy Audit Pharmacy Audit Audit, Pharmacy Pharmacy Audits

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Quality of Health Care".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Quality of Health Care [N04.761]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quality of Health Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quality of Health Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 435 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 37 publications in 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	6	2	8
1997	0	4	4
1998	1	2	3
1999	3	5	8
2000	5	1	6
2001	4	1	5
2002	2	3	5
2003	4	3	7
2004	3	3	6
2005	6	7	13
2006	2	6	8
2007	14	7	21
2008	11	12	23
2009	5	12	17
2010	8	14	22
2011	11	9	20
2012	9	19	28
2013	20	17	37
2014	14	13	27
2015	16	12	28
2016	8	13	21
2017	12	12	24
2018	10	13	23
2019	9	13	22
2020	12	7	19
2021	5	8	13
2022	2	2	4
2023	1	5	6
2024	1	5	6
2025	1	0	1

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Weight N, Moledina S, Hennessy T, Jia H, Banach M, Rashid M, Siller-Matula JM, Thiele H, Mamas MA. The quality of care and long-term mortality of out of hospital cardiac arrest survivors after acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide cohort study. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2025 01 16; 11(1):47-58.

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Uramatsu M, Andoh Y, Kojima T, Mishima S, Takahashi M, Uchida K, Wada J, Oto T, Ishikawa T, Barach P, Fujisawa Y. Five-year analysis of hospital complaints at a Japanese tertiary teaching hospital. Int J Qual Health Care. 2024 Dec 27; 36(4).

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Vinekar K, Qasba N, Reiser H, Banks E, Arora KS, Edmonds BT, George K. Segregation by Payer in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Ambulatory Care Sites. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 09 03; 7(9):e2434347.

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Asemu YM, Yigzaw T, Desta FA, Scheele F, van den Akker T. Does higher performance in a national licensing examination predict better quality of care? A longitudinal observational study of Ethiopian anesthetists. BMC Anesthesiol. 2024 05 27; 24(1):188.

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Pulia MS, Papanagnou D, Croskerry P. The Quest for Diagnostic Excellence in the Emergency Department. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 07; 50(7):475-477.

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Fader AN, Ko EM, Pollock BD, Blank SV, Cohn DE, Huh W, Shahin MS, Dowdy SC. An SGO commentary: U.S. News and World Report gynecologic oncology procedural ratings-Do they reflect high-quality care? Gynecol Oncol. 2024 03; 182:188-191.

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Barbera JP, Cichon B, Ankam N, Schwartz BI. Equitable Care for Patients With Disabilities: Considerations for the Gynecologic Health Care Professional. Obstet Gynecol. 2024 04 01; 143(4):475-483.

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Nallamothu BK, Greif R, Anderson T, Atiq H, Couto TB, Considine J, De Caen AR, Dj?rv T, Doll A, Douma MJ, Edelson DP, Xu F, Finn JC, Firestone G, Girotra S, Lauridsen KG, Leong CK, Lim SH, Morley PT, Morrison LJ, Moskowitz A, Mullasari Sankardas A, Mohamed MTM, Myburgh MC, Nadkarni VM, Neumar RW, Nolan JP, Athieno Odakha J, Olasveengen TM, Orosz J, Perkins GD, Previdi JK, Vaillancourt C, Montgomery WH, Sasson C, Chan PS. Ten Steps Toward Improving In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Quality of Care and Outcomes. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2023 11; 16(11):e010491.

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Maheu AR, Ayubcha S, Handley NR. Integrative Medicine: An Opportunity for Improving Quality of Care in the Inpatient Setting. Qual Manag Health Care. 2023 Oct-Dec 01; 32(4):257-262.

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Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, de Cordova PB, Manning ML, Johansen ML, Grafova I, Gerolamo A. Voices from frontline nurses on care quality and patient safety during COVID-19: An application of the Donabedian model. Am J Infect Control. 2023 12; 51(12):1295-1301.

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