Medicare

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696
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 Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled

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

Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Economics [N03.219]
Financing, Organized [N03.219.521]
Financing, Government [N03.219.521.346]
Public Assistance [N03.219.521.346.506]
Medical Assistance [N03.219.521.346.506.564]
Medicare [N03.219.521.346.506.564.663]
Insurance [N03.219.521.576]
Insurance, Health [N03.219.521.576.343]
Medicare [N03.219.521.576.343.840]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Legislation as Topic [N03.706.615]
Medicare [N03.706.615.696]

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

Bar chart showing 352 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 30 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2002	2	2	4
2003	4	2	6
2004	6	5	11
2005	6	4	10
2006	6	5	11
2007	3	13	16
2008	8	9	17
2009	5	6	11
2010	6	12	18
2011	4	2	6
2012	7	10	17
2013	4	7	11
2014	7	4	11
2015	11	14	25
2016	1	14	15
2017	8	13	21
2018	5	4	9
2019	6	23	29
2020	8	21	29
2021	5	24	29
2022	6	24	30
2023	2	8	10
2024	2	3	5

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

Leslie Salewon M, Pathak R, Dooley WC, Squires RA, Rui H, Chervoneva I, Tanaka T. Surgical delay-associated mortality risk varies by subtype in loco-regional breast cancer patients in SEER-Medicare. Breast Cancer Res. 2024 Dec 30; 26(1):191.

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Jones CM, Shoff C, Blanco C, Losby JL, Ling SM, Compton WM. Overdose, Behavioral Health Services, and Medications for Opioid Use Disorder After a Nonfatal Overdose. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Aug 01; 184(8):954-962.

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Nikita N, Gandhi K, Keith SW, Sharma S, Kelly WK, Lu-Yao G. The rates of septicemia in older adults with prostate cancer treated with abiraterone or enzalutamide: A population-based study. J Geriatr Oncol. 2024 Jun; 15(5):101773.

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Benevides TW, Jaremski JE, Williams ED, Song W, Pham HH, Shea L. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Community Mental Health Use Among Autistic Adolescents and Young Adults. J Adolesc Health. 2024 Jun; 74(6):1208-1216.

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Ciemins EL, Mohl JT, Moreno CA, Colangelo F, Smith RA, Barton M. Development of a Follow-Up Measure to Ensure Complete Screening for Colorectal Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 04; 7(3):e242693.

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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 Nov 01; 38(6):300-305.

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Esquenazi A, Bloudek L, Migliaccio-Walle K, Oliveri D, Tung A, Gillard P, Verduzco-Gutierrez M. Healthcare resource utilization and costs among patients with post-stroke spasticity before and after spasticity management including onabotulinumtoxina. J Rehabil Med. 2023 Oct 30; 55:jrm11626.

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Wolk CB, Wilkinson E, Livesey C, Oslin DW, Connolly KR, Smith-McLallen A, Press MJ. Impact of the collaborative care model on medical spending. Am J Manag Care. 2023 Oct; 29(10):499-502.

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Walter N, Szymski D, Kurtz SM, Lowenberg DW, Alt V, Lau EC, Rupp M. Epidemiology and treatment of proximal femoral fractures in the elderly U.S. population. Sci Rep. 2023 08 05; 13(1):12734.

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Walter N, Szymski D, Kurtz S, Alt V, Lowenberg DW, Lau E, Rupp M. Factors associated with mortality after proximal femoral fracture. J Orthop Traumatol. 2023 Jun 26; 24(1):31.

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