"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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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2013 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2014 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2015 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2017 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 2018 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2019 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2022 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient-Centered Care" by people in Profiles.
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Veterans' Experiences of and Preferences for Patient-Centered, Measurement-Based PTSD Care. Med Care. 2024 Dec 01; 62(12 Suppl 1):S84-S90.
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An Interactive, Case-Based Workshop on the Patient Experience for Internal Medicine Residents. MedEdPORTAL. 2024; 20:11442.
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Impact of personalized risk scores on shared decision making in left ventricular assist device implantation: Findings from a qualitative study. Patient Educ Couns. 2025 Jan; 130:108418.
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Organizational and patient factors associated with positive primary care experiences for veterans with current or recent homelessness. Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec; 59(6):e14359.
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Patient-centered clinical decision support challenges and opportunities identified from workflow execution models. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2024 Aug 01; 31(8):1682-1692.
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Patient Perspectives on a Decision Aid for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Insights and Future Considerations. J Rheumatol. 2024 Aug 01; 51(8):798-803.
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Emergence of Digital Toxicity and the Need for an Integrated, Patient-Centric Approach to the Development, Evaluation, and Use of Digital Health Tools for Oncology. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2024 Aug; 8:e2300105.
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An innovative approach to aligning healthcare with what matters most to patients: A hybrid type 1 trial protocol of patient priorities care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Aug; 143:107613.
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Patient-centered development of a bladder cancer survivorship care plan. Support Care Cancer. 2024 May 31; 32(6):397.
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Culture change and lessons learned from ten years in the VA centers of excellence in primary care education. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Apr 26; 24(1):457.