Ambulatory Care

"Ambulatory 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.

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Health care services provided to patients on an ambulatory basis, rather than by admission to a hospital or other health care facility. The services may be a part of a hospital, augmenting its inpatient services, or may be provided at a free-standing facility.

Descriptor ID	D000553
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.106 N02.421.585.106
Concept/Terms	Ambulatory Care Ambulatory Care Care, Ambulatory Outpatient Care Care, Outpatient Health Services, Outpatient Health Services, Outpatient Health Service, Outpatient Outpatient Health Service Service, Outpatient Health Outpatient Health Services Outpatient Services Outpatient Service Service, Outpatient Services, Outpatient Services, Outpatient Health Urgent Care Urgent Care Care, Urgent Cares, Urgent Urgent Cares Clinic Visits Clinic Visits Clinic Visit Visit, Clinic Visits, Clinic

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Ambulatory Care".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Ambulatory Care [E02.760.106]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Ambulatory Care [N02.421.585.106]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Ambulatory Care".

Ambulatory Care
Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ambulatory Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Ambulatory Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 54 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2006 and 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	1	2
2005	0	1	1
2006	5	0	5
2007	2	2	4
2008	2	0	2
2009	0	3	3
2010	1	2	3
2011	1	1	2
2013	4	0	4
2014	2	0	2
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	2	3
2018	3	0	3
2019	3	2	5
2020	3	1	4
2021	0	1	1
2022	1	1	2
2023	1	3	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Ambulatory Care" by people in Profiles.

Blegen MB, Faiz J, Gonzalez D, Nu?ez V, Harawa N, Briggs-Malonson M, Ryan G, Kahn KL. Qualitative perspectives of Medicaid-insured patients on ambulatory care at an academic medical center: challenges and opportunities. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Sep 27; 24(1):1139.

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Bazargan-Hejazi S, Shirazi A, Hampton D, Pan D, Askharinam D, Shaheen M, Ebrahim G, Shervington D. Examining racial disparity in psychotic disorders related ambulatory care visits: an observational study using national ambulatory medical care survey 2010-2015. BMC Psychiatry. 2023 08 17; 23(1):601.

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Prado MG, Kessler LG, Au MA, Burkhardt HA, Zigman Suchsland M, Kowalski L, Stephens KA, Yetisgen M, Walter FM, Neal RD, Lybarger K, Thompson CA, Al Achkar M, Sarma EA, Turner G, Farjah F, Thompson MJ. Symptoms and signs of lung cancer prior to diagnosis: case-control study using electronic health records from ambulatory care within a large US-based tertiary care centre. BMJ Open. 2023 04 20; 13(4):e068832.

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Shirriff A, Gragas A, Tabak B, Abella M, Ahn HJ, Woo R. Efficacy of Telehealth in Preoperative Pediatric Surgery Consultations. J Surg Res. 2023 08; 288:240-245.

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Gaglioti AH, Li C, Baltrus PT, She Z, Douglas MD, Moore MA, Rao A, Cheng Immergluck L, Ayer T, Bazemore A, Rust G, Mack DH. Interpersonal Primary Care Continuity for Chronic Conditions Is Associated with Fewer Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Among Medicaid Enrollees. J Am Board Fam Med. 2023 04 03; 36(2):303-312.

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Prabhudesai D, Davis J, Chen JJ, Lim E. Potentially preventable hospitalizations and super-utilization of inpatient services among patients with chronic kidney disease in Hawai'i. BMC Nephrol. 2022 12 23; 23(1):409.

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Venkatesh AK, Janke AT, Kinsman J, Rothenberg C, Goyal P, Malicki C, D'Onofrio G, Taylor A, Hawk K. Emergency department utilization for substance use disorders and mental health conditions during COVID-19. PLoS One. 2022; 17(1):e0262136.

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Saunders N, Guttmann A, Brownell M, Cohen E, Fu L, Guan J, Sarkar J, Mahar A, Gandhi S, Fiksenbaum L, Katz A, Eze N, Stukel TA. Pediatric primary care in Ontario and Manitoba after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study. CMAJ Open. 2021 Oct-Dec; 9(4):E1149-E1158.

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Nguyen E, Holmes JT, Narsinghani R, O'Connor S, Fuit MW, Thaden L, Robinson R. Direct patient care services by community and ambulatory care pharmacists in Idaho. Int J Clin Pharm. 2020 Dec; 42(6):1480-1489.

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Shafii T, Levine D. Office-Based Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2020 05; 145(Suppl 2):S219-S224.

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