"Patient-Centered 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.
Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)
| Descriptor ID |
D018802
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.233.727.407
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| Concept/Terms |
Medical Home- Medical Home
- Home, Medical
- Homes, Medical
- Medical Homes
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient-Centered Care".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Patient-Centered Care".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient-Centered Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient-Centered Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2016 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2017 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient-Centered Care" by people in Profiles.
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Clinically Meaningful, Patient-Centered Endpoints for Real-World Evidence Generation in Breast Cancer: Perspectives from the Multidisciplinary TRIUMPH Initiative. Adv Ther. 2026 May; 43(5):1855-1868.
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From Insight to Action: A National Patient-Centered Strategic Framework for Improving Reproductive Health Outcomes in Individuals With Congenital Heart Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Mar 17; 15(6):e046867.
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Espousing the innocence of paediatric patients: an innocent act? J Med Ethics. 2026 Feb 27; 52(3):205-208.
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Utilizing a Health Equity Framework to Explore Patient-Level Factors Impacting Effective Hypertension Management Across Two Academic Health Systems. Med Care Res Rev. 2026 Apr; 83(2):144-155.
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Waiting room and hallway care for older adults: a qualitative study with emergency nurses and technicians. BMC Geriatr. 2025 Nov 26; 25(1):970.
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Development of a Patient-Centered Outcome Tool for Blepharospasm: A Stepwise Modified Delphi Study. Toxins (Basel). 2025 Sep 10; 17(9).
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Patient-Centered Measures of Goal Concordance in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Scoping Review. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Sep 02; 8(9):e2530370.
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Designing a Patient-Centered Interdisciplinary Intervention to Promote Equitable Access to Kidney Transplantation across Health Systems: The STEPS Study. Health Soc Work. 2025 Aug 01; 50(3):219-227.
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Guiding Age-Friendly Care Through "What Matters": Restoring the Whole Person Back into Clinical Practice. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 01; 41(2):530-534.
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Compassionomics: Translating Evidence-Informed Patient-Centered Care to the Allergy Immunology Clinic. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025 Oct; 13(10):2608-2618.