Retrospective Studies

"Retrospective Studies" 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.

MeSH information

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.

Descriptor ID	D012189
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.760.500.500.500 E05.318.760.500.750.750 N05.715.360.775.175.200.710 N05.715.360.775.175.250.815 N06.850.520.450.500.500.500 N06.850.520.450.500.750.825
Concept/Terms	Retrospective Studies Retrospective Studies Studies, Retrospective Study, Retrospective Retrospective Study

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Retrospective Studies".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [E05.318.760]
Epidemiologic Studies [E05.318.760.500]
Case-Control Studies [E05.318.760.500.500]
Retrospective Studies [E05.318.760.500.500.500]
Cohort Studies [E05.318.760.500.750]
Retrospective Studies [E05.318.760.500.750.750]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [N05.715.360.775]
Epidemiologic Studies [N05.715.360.775.175]
Case-Control Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.200]
Retrospective Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.200.710]
Cohort Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.250]
Retrospective Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.250.815]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [N06.850.520.450]
Epidemiologic Studies [N06.850.520.450.500]
Case-Control Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.500]
Retrospective Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.500.500]
Cohort Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.750]
Retrospective Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.750.825]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Retrospective Studies".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Retrospective Studies".

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

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

Bar chart showing 2084 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 144 publications in 2021

To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.

Year	Minor Topic	Total
1996	4	4
1997	8	8
1998	6	6
1999	3	3
2000	3	3
2001	4	4
2002	34	34
2003	27	27
2004	30	30
2005	50	50
2006	62	62
2007	59	59
2008	65	65
2009	45	45
2010	72	72
2011	96	96
2012	77	77
2013	90	90
2014	100	100
2015	125	125
2016	106	106
2017	117	117
2018	114	114
2019	108	108
2020	131	131
2021	144	144
2022	96	96
2023	116	116
2024	107	107
2025	85	85

Below are the most recent publications written about "Retrospective Studies" by people in Profiles.

Shah AQ, Elma A, Shnitzer H, Yang L, Price DJ, Howard M, Fran?ois J, Katz A, Grierson L. Impact of grassroots development of interprofessional team-based practices: Retrospective matched cohort study using ICES data. Can Fam Physician. 2026 May; 72(5):332-340.

View in: PubMed
Geed S, Aguirre Guemez AV, Groah S. Predictors of Functional Outcomes After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury From the SCIMS Database: Roles of Segmental Motor Strength, Ethnicity, and Health Literacy. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2026; 32(Suppl 1):1-13.

View in: PubMed
Akinyemi O, Fasokun M, Eze A, Ugochukwu N, Arshad S, Belie O, Hughes K, Cornwell Iii E, Levy G. Association of medicaid expansion with lung cancer-specific and overall mortality: A difference-in-differences analysis. PLoS One. 2026; 21(4):e0332292.

View in: PubMed
Harvey CJ, Underhill J, Lee PM, Waldron B, Puapong D, Johnson S, Woo RK, Tabak B. Lobectomy vs. sublobar resection for congenital pulmonary airway malformations: a 10-year NSQIP-pediatric review. Pediatr Surg Int. 2026 Apr 07; 42(1).

View in: PubMed
Amugo I, Frederickson KL, Rajakaruna H, Xie H, Gangula P, Shanker A, Wang Q. Evaluation of GPT-5 in Periodontitis Staging and Grading: Retrospective Observational Study. JMIR Form Res. 2026 Apr 06; 10:e88407.

View in: PubMed
Nnorom SO, Cornwell EE, Williams M, Hayes Dixon A, Ford D, Fullum T, Evans A, Hughes K, Tee M, Chu QD. Affordable Care Act Expansion and the Trauma Care Paradox: Increased Mortality Amid Improved Insurance Coverage. J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Apr 01; 242(4):811-820.

View in: PubMed
Akinyemi O, Fullum T, Fasokun M, Eze O, Hughes K, Yue D, Fryer CS, Chen J, Whilby KW. Neighborhood socioeconomic status and short-term postoperative complications following metabolic and bariatric surgery. Am J Surg. 2026 Jul; 257:116953.

View in: PubMed
Ruiz K, Serrano-Arroyo L, Valent?n-Rosa V, Torres-Borges G, Vil? LM. Long-term outcomes of hydroxychloroquine dose reduction in Puerto Ricans with systemic lupus erythematosus: 6-year follow-up. Lupus Sci Med. 2026 Mar 24; 13(1).

View in: PubMed
Lam AC, Li Y, Brown MC, Deng Y, Hueniken K, Leighl NB, Shepherd FA, Murison K, Wang Z, Kothari J, Wenzlaff AS, Liu H, Kohno T, Pesatori AC, Harris C, Ma H, Dai J, Barnett MJ, Diver R, Leal LF, Fernandez-Tardon G, P?rez-R?os M, Davies MP, Holleczek B, Brennan P, Zaridze D, Holcatova I, Lissowska J, Swiatkowska B, Mates D, Savic M, Brenner H, Andrew AS, Taylor F, Field JK, Ruano-Ravina A, Shete SS, Tardon A, Wang Y, Marchand LL, Reis RM, Schabath MB, Neuhouser ML, Shen H, Landi MT, Shiraishi K, Zhang J, Schwartz AG, Tsao MS, Christiani DC, Yang P, Hung RJ, Xu W, Liu G. Evaluating eight smoking metrics for modelling survival in non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Epidemiol. 2026 Jun; 102:103052.

View in: PubMed
Parrelli GA, Musey PI, Kuhn D. Hypertensive emergency department patients frequently have no existing hypertension diagnosis or antihypertensive medications. J Hypertens. 2026 Jun 01; 44(6):1071-1073.

View in: PubMed

People

Explore

Similar Concepts

Top Journals