"Patient Discharge" 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.
The administrative process of discharging the patient, alive or dead, from hospitals or other health facilities.
| Descriptor ID |
D010351
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.169.125 E02.760.400.610 N02.421.585.169.125 N02.421.585.400.610 N04.590.233.727.210.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Discharge- Patient Discharge
- Discharge, Patient
- Discharges, Patient
- Patient Discharges
Discharge Planning- Discharge Planning
- Discharge Plannings
- Planning, Discharge
- Plannings, Discharge
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient Discharge" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient Discharge" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2012 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2015 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 2018 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2019 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 2020 | 15 | 30 | 45 |
| 2021 | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| 2022 | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| 2023 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| 2024 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Discharge" by people in Profiles.
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Is an ED discharge safe after a single cardiac troponin: Analysis of the FAST-TRAC study. Am J Emerg Med. 2026 Aug; 106:102-106.
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The fracture orthopedic risk of non-home discharge (FORD) score: A novel bedside predictive tool for non-home discharge in orthopedic trauma patients. Injury. 2026 Jul; 57(7):113301.
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Predictors of Readmission Following Elective Same-Day Colectomy in a National Cohort. J Surg Res. 2026 May; 321:578-586.
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Hyperpolypharmacy and readmission risk among Medicare beneficiaries: the role of postdischarge care. Am J Manag Care. 2026 Mar 01; 32(3):e71-e82.
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Disposition at Equipoise: A Qualitative Study of Emergency Physicians' Decision-Making About Hospitalizing People With Dementia. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 Mar; 33(3):e70272.
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Interventions to reduce hospital readmissions in people with kidney failure on maintenance dialysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2026 Feb 27; 2:CD016331.
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Postdischarge Follow-Up of Infants With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2026 Feb 01; 157(2).
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Marginal Dispositions and Shared Decision-Making Among Older Adults in the ED: A Prospective Cohort Study. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 03; 33(3):e70211.
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Care of Infants and Children with Tracheostomies: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 11; 211(11):2001-2020.
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Improving completion of the red reflex examination at neonatal intensive care unit discharge: a practice improvement initiative and multisite planned experiment. BMJ Open Qual. 2025 10 20; 14(4).