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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Bar chart showing 255 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 21 publications in 2017

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

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

Qaseem A, Cooney TG, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Wilt TJ, Harrod CS, Tice JA, Crandall CJ, Hicks LA, Cross JT, Fitterman N, Lewis J, Linsky AM, Maroto M, Miller MC, Obley AJ, Owens DK, Shekelle PG, Shamliyan T, Yost J. Prevention of Episodic Migraine Headache Using Pharmacologic Treatments in Outpatient Settings: A Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Mar; 178(3):426-433.

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Chesnokova AE, Apple A, Kaur K, Schachter A, Clement EA, Schapira MM, Sonalkar S, Polite FG, Vinekar K, James AT, Hamm RF. Integrating Payor-Segregated Outpatient Obstetrics and Gynecology Care Models: The Patient Perspective. Am J Perinatol. 2025 Aug; 42(11):1425-1436.

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Oliver BJ, Melmed GY, Siegel CA, Kennedy AM, Testaverde J, Oberai R, Alandra Weaver S, Almario C. A Hybrid Markov-SPC Approach to Assess Cost Differences in Urgent Care Utilization Using Patient-Reported Data in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Perm J. 2024 09 16; 28(3):234-244.

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Vinekar K, Qasba N, Reiser H, Banks E, Arora KS, Edmonds BT, George K. Segregation by Payer in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Ambulatory Care Sites. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 09 03; 7(9):e2434347.

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James C, Sarvode Mothi S, Miller EG, Kaye EC, Morvant A, Stafford C, Autrey AK. Outpatient Pediatric Palliative Care Development: Guidance on Building Sustainable Programs. J Palliat Med. 2024 Nov; 27(11):1489-1496.

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Valavanis K. Tips for Efficient Outpatient Precepting. Fam Med. 2024 Sep; 56(8):527.

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Qaseem A, Yost J, Abraham GM, Andrews RA, Jokela JA, Miller MC, Humphrey LL, Obley AJ, Dunn AS, Haeme R, Lee RA, Saini SD, Tschanz MP, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Harrod CS, Shamliyan T. Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: Living, Rapid Practice Points From the American College of Physicians (Version 2, Update Alert). Ann Intern Med. 2024 Aug; 177(8):e2400128.

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Robblee J, Orlova YY, Ahn AH, Ali AS, Birlea M, Charleston L, Singh NN, Souza MNP. Real-world approaches to outpatient treatment of status migrainosus: A survey study. Headache. 2024 09; 64(8):1040-1048.

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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 Aug; 71(8):e31064.

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