"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696
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| 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
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017 | 38 | 79 | 117 |
| 2018 | 55 | 68 | 123 |
| 2019 | 21 | 31 | 52 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2021 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Health Insurance Loss during COVID-19 May Increase Support for Universal Health Coverage. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2022 02 01; 47(1):1-25.
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Willingness to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine and Reasons for Hesitancy Among Medicare Beneficiaries: Results From a National Survey. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2022 Jan-Feb 01; 28(1):70-76.
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Social Connectedness Among Medicare Beneficiaries Following the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 09 01; 181(9):1245-1248.
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Role of Nursing Home Quality on COVID-19 Cases and Deaths: Evidence from Florida Nursing Homes. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2021 12; 64(8):885-901.
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COVID pandemic as an incubator for a renewed vision of pediatric value-based healthcare. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2021 08; 51(8):101064.
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Adverse drug event risk assessment by the virtual addition of COVID-19 repurposed drugs to Medicare and commercially insured patients' drug regimens: A drug safety simulation study. Clin Transl Sci. 2021 09; 14(5):1799-1809.
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Hospice Emergency Planning and COVID-19. J Palliat Care. 2022 Jan; 37(1):34-40.
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COVID-19 Pandemic and Quality of Care and Outcomes of Acute Stroke Hospitalizations: the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 08 19; 18:E82.
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The Association Between History of Depression and Access to Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 12; 36(12):3778-3785.
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United States Medicolegal Progress and Innovation in Telemedicine in the Age of COVID-19: A Primer for Neurosurgeons. Neurosurgery. 2021 08 16; 89(3):364-371.