"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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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 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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Strengthening congenital cardiac care in Vietnam: opportunities for system-level reform. Cardiol Young. 2025 Aug; 35(8):1558-1566.
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State Implementation of Congregate Care Reforms for Children in Foster Care. Pediatrics. 2024 07 01; 154(1).
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Long-Term Implications of Post-ACA Health Reform on State Health Care Policy. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 03; 36(3):775-778.
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The use of national collaborative to promote advanced practice registered nurse-led high-value care initiatives. Nurs Outlook. 2020 Sep - Oct; 68(5):626-636.
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Bundled Payment Reform and Dialysis Facility Closures in ESKD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 03; 31(3):579-590.
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Safe Surgery for All: Early Lessons from Implementing a National Government-Driven Surgical Plan in Ethiopia. World J Surg. 2017 12; 41(12):3038-3045.
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A Way Forward for Bipartisan Health Reform? Democrat and Republican State Legislator Priorities for the Goals of Health Policy. Am J Public Health. 2017 10; 107(10):1601-1603.
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Value-Based Approaches for Emergency Care in a New Era. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Jun; 69(6):675-683.
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How to do better health reform: a snapshot of change and improvement initiatives in the health systems of 30 countries. Int J Qual Health Care. 2016 Dec 01; 28(6):843-846.
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Effects of physician payment reform on provision of home dialysis. Am J Manag Care. 2016 06 01; 22(6):e215-23.