"Nursing Homes" 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.
Facilities which provide nursing supervision and limited medical care to persons who do not require hospitalization.
| Descriptor ID |
D009735
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.825.610
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| Concept/Terms |
Nursing Homes- Nursing Homes
- Homes, Nursing
- Home, Nursing
- Nursing Home
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Nursing Homes" by people in this website by year, and whether "Nursing Homes" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nursing Homes" by people in Profiles.
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Xu H, Li S, Bowblis JR, Pappadis MR, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Medicaid Payments and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Alzheimer Disease Special Care Units. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2525057.
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Xu H, Bowblis JR, Li S, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Nursing home visitor policy and COVID-19 infection rates. Am J Infect Control. 2025 Dec; 53(12):1273-1281.
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Bowblis JR, Li S, Kuo YF, Heston-Mullins J, Goodwin JS, Xu H. Lifting Federal Visitation Restriction and COVID-19 Infections in Nursing Homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Jul; 26(7):105682.
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Xu H, Bowblis JR, Li S, Heston-Mullins J, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Changes in Federal and State Policies on Visitation Restrictions in Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Appl Gerontol. 2025 Dec; 44(12):2027-2034.
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Goodwin JS, Xu H. COVID-19 in Nursing Homes-Learning the Hard Way. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Jul 01; 184(7):808-809.
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Chen M, Goodwin JS, Bailey JE, Bowblis JR, Li S, Xu H. Longitudinal Associations of Staff Shortages and Staff Levels with Health Outcomes in Nursing Homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023 11; 24(11):1755-1760.e7.
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Kang Y, David SV, Bowblis JR, Intrator O, Downer B, Li CY, Goodwin JS, Xu H. Financial Performance is Associated With PPE Shortages in Chain-Affiliated Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study. Inquiry. 2023 Jan-Dec; 60:469580231219443.
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Xu H, Li S, Mehta HB, Hommel EL, Goodwin JS. Excess deaths from COVID-19 among Medicare beneficiaries with psychiatric diagnoses: Community versus nursing home. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Jan; 71(1):167-177.
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Campo-Rivera N, Ocampo-Chaparro JM, Carvajal-Ortiz R, Reyes-Ortiz CA. Sarcopenic Dysphagia Is Associated With Mortality in Institutionalized Older Adults. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022 10; 23(10):1720.e11-1720.e17.
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Malagaris I, Mehta HB, Goodwin JS. Trends and variation in benzodiazepine use in nursing homes in the USA. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2022 Mar; 78(3):489-496.