Ambulatory Care

"Ambulatory 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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Health care services provided to patients on an ambulatory basis, rather than by admission to a hospital or other health care facility. The services may be a part of a hospital, augmenting its inpatient services, or may be provided at a free-standing facility.

Descriptor ID	D000553
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.106 N02.421.585.106
Concept/Terms	Ambulatory Care Ambulatory Care Care, Ambulatory Outpatient Care Care, Outpatient Health Services, Outpatient Health Services, Outpatient Health Service, Outpatient Outpatient Health Service Service, Outpatient Health Outpatient Health Services Outpatient Services Outpatient Service Service, Outpatient Services, Outpatient Services, Outpatient Health Urgent Care Urgent Care Care, Urgent Cares, Urgent Urgent Cares Clinic Visits Clinic Visits Clinic Visit Visit, Clinic Visits, Clinic

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

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Ambulatory Care [E02.760.106]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Ambulatory Care [N02.421.585.106]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Ambulatory Care".

Ambulatory Care
Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory

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

Bar chart showing 147 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	3	3
1997	3	1	4
1998	1	2	3
1999	0	2	2
2001	1	2	3
2002	2	1	3
2003	0	1	1
2004	2	2	4
2005	4	1	5
2006	6	2	8
2007	4	3	7
2008	5	0	5
2009	6	1	7
2010	4	4	8
2011	2	3	5
2012	2	2	4
2013	8	3	11
2014	5	5	10
2015	3	4	7
2016	7	3	10
2017	7	6	13
2018	3	2	5
2019	5	0	5
2020	3	2	5
2021	2	3	5
2023	0	2	2
2024	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Ambulatory Care" by people in Profiles.

McCurdy MA, Narayanan R, Trenchfield D, Lee Y, Khanna A, Ebrahimi M, Kurd M, Kaye ID, Canseco JA, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Kepler C. The Impact of Outpatient Physical Therapy on Patient-Reported Outcomes After Lumbar Fusion: Perspective from A Bundled Care Dataset. World Neurosurg. 2024 09; 189:e211-e218.

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Wong CI, Ilowite M, Yan A, Mahan RM, Desrochers MD, Conway M, Billett AL. Reducing ambulatory central line-associated bloodstream infections: A family-centered approach. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 08; 71(8):e31064.

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Phan TT, Enlow PT, Lewis AM, Arasteh K, Hildenbrand AK, Price J, Schultz CL, Reynolds V, Kazak AE, Alderfer MA. Persistent Disparities in Pediatric Health Care Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Public Health Rep. 2023 Jul-Aug; 138(4):633-644.

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Patel KB, Turner K, Alishahi Tabriz A, Gonzalez BD, Oswald LB, Nguyen OT, Hong YR, Jim HSL, Nichols AC, Wang X, Robinson E, Naso C, Spiess PE. Estimated Indirect Cost Savings of Using Telehealth Among Nonelderly Patients With Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 01 03; 6(1):e2250211.

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Glerum KM, Selbst SM, Parikh PD, Zonfrillo MR. Pediatric Malpractice Claims in the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Settings From 2001 to 2015. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Jul 01; 37(7):e376-e379.

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Kubala M, Gardner JR, Criddle J, Ward A, Richter GT. Utilizing process improvement strategies to generate clinic templates and improve patient flow in pediatric otolaryngology. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Aug; 147:110779.

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Kumar PR, Nash DB. An Update to "Understanding Ambulatory Care Practices in the Context of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement". Am J Med Qual. 2021 May-Jun 01; 36(3):185-196.

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Zilberman DE, Drori T, Shvero A, Mor Y, Winkler HZ, Kleinmann N. A single day fasting may increase emergency room visits due to renal colic. Sci Rep. 2021 03 22; 11(1):6578.

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Rai RS, Mehta N, Larochelle R, Rathi S, Schuman JS. A summary of eye-related visits to a tertiary emergency department. Sci Rep. 2021 02 15; 11(1):3823.

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Goldman DT, Sharma H, Finkelstein M, Carlon T, Marinelli B, Doshi AH, Delman BN, Lookstein R. The Role of Telemedicine in the Maintenance of IR Outpatient Evaluation and Management Volume During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 03; 32(3):479-481.

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