Primary Health Care

"Primary 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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Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)

Descriptor ID	D011320
MeSH Number(s)	N04.590.233.727
Concept/Terms	Primary Health Care Primary Health Care Care, Primary Health Health Care, Primary Primary Healthcare Healthcare, Primary Primary Care Care, Primary

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

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Comprehensive Health Care [N04.590.233]
Primary Health Care [N04.590.233.727]

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

Bar chart showing 455 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 31 publications in 2015 and 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	9	2	11
1997	1	2	3
1998	1	4	5
1999	6	4	10
2000	2	2	4
2001	5	1	6
2002	2	1	3
2003	10	2	12
2004	11	4	15
2005	11	4	15
2006	8	0	8
2007	11	4	15
2008	3	5	8
2009	14	3	17
2010	13	5	18
2011	12	9	21
2012	15	7	22
2013	20	8	28
2014	15	10	25
2015	20	11	31
2016	17	5	22
2017	10	5	15
2018	18	10	28
2019	10	11	21
2020	22	9	31
2021	2	13	15
2022	1	12	13
2023	4	7	11
2024	12	8	20
2025	1	1	2

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Karavite D, Terek S, Connolly JJ, Harr M, Muthu N, Hakonarson H, Grundmeier RW. A Comprehensive Approach to Clinical Decision Support in the Return of Genome Informed Risk Assessments to Primary Care Pediatricians. Appl Clin Inform. 2025 Jan; 16(1):193-204.

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Howe RJ, Rieke K, Bayer T, Ja Mai H, Sullivan JL, Driver JA, Rickard T, Trikalinos TA, Rudolph J, McCreedy E, Jutkowitz E. Strategies and Outcomes of Age-Friendly Health System Implementation in Outpatient Settings: A Systematic Review. Inquiry. 2025 Jan-Dec; 62:469580251318244.

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Melby G, Zeigler-Johnson C, Dicarlo M, Pham K, Shusted CS, Myers R. Developing a Strategy to Increase Lung Cancer Screening in Areas of Need. Popul Health Manag. 2025 Feb; 28(1):15-21.

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Cipolletta E, Nakafero G, McCormick N, Yokose C, Avery AJ, Mamas MA, Choi HK, Tata LJ, Abhishek A. Cardiovascular events in patients with gout initiating urate-lowering therapy with or without colchicine for flare prophylaxis: a retrospective new-user cohort study using linked primary care, hospitalisation, and mortality data. Lancet Rheumatol. 2025 Mar; 7(3):e197-e207.

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O'Hara PT, Talero Cabrejo P, Earland TV. Early detection of neurodevelopmental disorders in paediatric primary care: A scoping review. Fam Pract. 2024 Dec 02; 41(6):883-891.

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Mu Y, Dashtban A, Mizani MA, Tomlinson C, Mohamed M, Ashworth M, Mamas M, Priedon R, Petersen S, Kontopantelis E, Horstmanshof K, Pagel C, Hocaoglu M, Khunti K, Williams R, Thygesen J, Lorgelly P, Gomes M, Heightman M, Banerjee A. Healthcare utilisation of 282,080 individuals with long COVID over two years: a multiple matched control, longitudinal cohort analysis. J R Soc Med. 2024 11; 117(11):369-381.

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Ho FK, Dale C, Mizani MA, Bolton T, Pearson ER, Valabhji J, Delles C, Welsh P, Nakada S, Mackay D, Pell JP, Tomlinson C, Petersen SE, Bray B, Ashworth M, Rahimi K, Mamas M, Halcox J, Sudlow C, Sofat R, Sattar N. Routine measurement of cardiometabolic disease risk factors in primary care in England before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study. PLoS Med. 2024 Nov; 21(11):e1004485.

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Skolnik N, Yawn BP, Correia de Sousa J, V?zquez MMM, Barnard A, Wright WL, Ulrich A, Winders T, Brunton S. Best practice advice for asthma exacerbation prevention and management in primary care: an international expert consensus. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2024 Nov 17; 34(1):39.

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Miller CJ, Boopathi A, Slovin SR, Gao Z, Maiden K, Ray M, Miller JM. Quality Initiative to Increase Early Initiation and Series Completion of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine and its Impact on Health Disparities. Acad Pediatr. 2025 03; 25(2):102609.

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Veet C, Careyva B, Kies J, Berman I, Stephens J. Primary Care Clinician Perspectives on Team-Based Welcome Video Visits. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Feb; 40(3):708-711.

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