Tertiary Care Centers

"Tertiary Care Centers" 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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A medical facility which provides a high degree of subspecialty expertise for patients from centers where they received SECONDARY CARE.

Descriptor ID	D062606
MeSH Number(s)	N02.278.421.830
Concept/Terms	Tertiary Care Centers Tertiary Care Centers Care Center, Tertiary Care Centers, Tertiary Center, Tertiary Care Centers, Tertiary Care Tertiary Care Center Tertiary Referral Center Center, Tertiary Referral Centers, Tertiary Referral Referral Center, Tertiary Referral Centers, Tertiary Tertiary Referral Centers Tertiary Referral Hospital Hospital, Tertiary Referral Hospitals, Tertiary Referral Referral Hospital, Tertiary Referral Hospitals, Tertiary Tertiary Referral Hospitals Tertiary Hospital Hospital, Tertiary Hospitals, Tertiary Tertiary Hospitals

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Tertiary Care Centers".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Facilities [N02.278]
Hospitals [N02.278.421]
Tertiary Care Centers [N02.278.421.830]

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Bar chart showing 84 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2015 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2012	0	1	1
2013	0	5	5
2014	1	5	6
2015	2	9	11
2016	1	9	10
2017	2	5	7
2018	2	2	4
2019	0	9	9
2020	3	5	8
2021	2	9	11
2022	0	4	4
2023	1	3	4
2024	2	2	4

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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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Narayanan R, Ezeonu T, Heard JC, Lee Y, Dees A, Yalla G, Canseco JA, Kurd MF, Kaye ID, Woods BI, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Kepler CK. One-year patient reported outcomes after single-level lumbar fusion at orthopedic specialty hospital compared to tertiary referral center. Spine J. 2024 12; 24(12):2297-2304.

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Neil KL, Nduwayezu R, Uwurukundo BS, Dukundane D, Mbabazi R, Nyirigira G. Strengthening a culture of research dissemination: A narrative report of research day at King Faisal Hospital Rwanda, a tertiary-level teaching hospital in Rwanda. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Jul 06; 24(1):732.

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Narayanan R, Opara OA, Kohring A, Lee Y, Carey P, Diejomaoh RM, McCall C, Lowitz S, Takagi-Stewart J, Bradley E, Kurd MF, Kaye ID, Mangan JJ, Canseco JA, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Kepler CK, Schroeder GD. Comparison of Length of Stay and Discharge Disposition After Short-Segment Lumbar Fusion Surgery at Tertiary Care and Nontertiary Care Hospitals: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2026 Oct 01; 51(19):1414-1417.

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Karamian BA, Canseco JA, Kanhere AP, Minetos PD, Lambrechts MJ, Lee Y, Trenchfield D, Pohl N, Kothari P, Conaway W, Jeyamohan H, Endersby K, Kaye D, Woods BI, Rihn JA, Kurd MF, Hilibrand AS, Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD. Reimbursement of Lumbar Fusion at an Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital Versus Tertiary Referral Center. Clin Spine Surg. 2024 06 01; 37(5):217-222.

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Brush PL, Tomlak A, Pohl N, Lee Y, Narayanan R, Meade MH, Lambrechts MJ, Lawall CL, Weber J, Syal A, O'Connor P, Canseco JA, Kaye ID, Kurd MF, Vaccaro AR, Kepler CK, Hilibrand AS, Schroeder GD. Utilization of In-Hospital Orthopaedic Spine Consultations: Evaluating the Impact of Health Care Policy. Am J Med Qual. 2023 11 01; 38(6):300-305.

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Bommakanti N, Young BK, Wubben TJ, Zacks DN, Johnson MW. Increase in Retinal Detachment Repair Over a Ten-Year Period at an Academic Center Compared to National Trends. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2023 09; 54(9):505-511.

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Gil LA, Asti L, Beyene TJ, Cooper JN, Minneci PC, Besner GE. Inequities in the Diagnosis of Pediatric Appendicitis in Tertiary Children's Hospitals and the Consequences of Delayed Diagnosis. J Surg Res. 2023 12; 292:158-166.

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Dahal M, Upadhyaya P, Adhikari P, Regmi N. Mean Micronuclei Score in Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology of Patients with Malignant Breast Lump in the Department of Pathology in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study. JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2022 Dec 01; 60(256):1037-1040.

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Beams DR, Chorney SR, Kou YF, Teplitzky TB, Wynings EM, Johnson RF. Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations After Pediatric Tracheostomy. Laryngoscope. 2023 08; 133(8):2018-2024.

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