"Health Care Reform" 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.
Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.
| Descriptor ID |
D018166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.655.500.608.400.285 I01.880.604.825.608.400.285 N03.349.285 N03.623.500.608.428.285 N04.590.374.285 N05.300.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Care Reform- Health Care Reform
- Health Care Reforms
- Reform, Health Care
- Reforms, Health Care
- Healthcare Reform
- Healthcare Reforms
- Reform, Healthcare
- Reforms, Healthcare
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Care Reform" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Care Reform" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Reform" by people in Profiles.
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Boufadel P, Fares MY, Daher M, Mathur A, Saunders P, Abboud JA, Kassam HF. Health Policy Challenges and Reforms: Critical Updates for Orthopaedic Surgeons. JBJS Rev. 2025 Feb 01; 13(2).
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Gee RE, Shulkin D, Romm I. Viewpoint on Comprehensive Medicaid Reform-Reply. JAMA. 2021 07 13; 326(2):188-189.
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Gee RE, Shulkin D, Romm I. A Blueprint for Comprehensive Medicaid Reform. JAMA. 2021 Feb 16; 325(7):619-620.
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Kaminski M. What is Population Health? Ten Years On?. Popul Health Manag. 2020 12; 23(6):404-406.
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Schapira MM, Williams M, Balch A, Baron RJ, Barrett P, Beveridge R, Collins T, Day SC, Fernandopulle R, Gilberg AM, Henley DE, Nguyen Howell A, Laine C, Miller C, Ryu J, Schwarz DF, Schwartz MD, Stevens J, Teisberg E, Yamaguchi K, Schapira E, Hubbard RA. Seeking Consensus on the Terminology of Value-Based Transformation Through use of a Delphi Process. Popul Health Manag. 2020 06; 23(3):243-255.
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Sheetz KH, Shulkin DJ. Why the VA Needs More Competition. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jun 21; 378(25):2356-2357.
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Nash R, Nash DB. Payment Models in the Era of Health Care Reform and Population Health. Surg Innov. 2018 04; 25(2):97-98.
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Courtney PM, West ME, Hozack WJ. Maximizing Physician-Hospital Alignment: Lessons Learned From Effective Models of Joint Arthroplasty Care. J Arthroplasty. 2018 06; 33(6):1641-1646.
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Weintraub WS, Boden WE. Making Cardiovascular Care More Responsive to Societal Needs. Am J Med. 2017 11; 130(11):1259-1261.
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Kurtz SM, Lau EC, Ong KL, Adler EM, Kolisek FR, Manley MT. Has Health Care Reform Legislation Reduced the Economic Burden of Hospital Readmissions Following Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty? J Arthroplasty. 2017 11; 32(11):3274-3285.