"Health Care Reform" 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.
Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.
| Descriptor ID |
D018166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.655.500.608.400.285 I01.880.604.825.608.400.285 N03.349.285 N03.623.500.608.428.285 N04.590.374.285 N05.300.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Care Reform- Health Care Reform
- Health Care Reforms
- Reform, Health Care
- Reforms, Health Care
- Healthcare Reform
- Healthcare Reforms
- Reform, Healthcare
- Reforms, Healthcare
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Care Reform" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Care Reform" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Reform" by people in Profiles.
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Wu TT, Liu WW, Zou M, Lei X, Yang Q, Sharma M, Zhao Y, Shi ZM. Changes in preventive care utilisation and its influencing factors among Chinese adults before and after the healthcare reform: cross-sectional evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey in 2004-2015. BMJ Open. 2020 10 01; 10(10):e038763.
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Livingston CJ, Allison RD, Niebuhr DW, Sherin KM, Costales VC, Berenji M, Phares TM, Caplan LS, Nelkovski L, Seeff LC, Singleton CM. Preventive Medicine Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 6|18 Initiative. Am J Prev Med. 2019 07; 57(1):127-133.
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Quentin W, Geissler A, Wittenbecher F, Ballinger G, Berenson R, Bloor K, Forgione DA, K?pf P, Kroneman M, Serden L, Suarez R, van Manen JW, Busse R. Paying hospital specialists: Experiences and lessons from eight high-income countries. Health Policy. 2018 05; 122(5):473-484.
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Younis MZ. Healthcare reform in the Middle East and the USA. J Comp Eff Res. 2017 Jan; 6(1):13-14.
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Ogundipe B, Alam F, Gazula L, Olagbemiro Y, Osiezagha K, Bailey RK, Richie WD. Remaking the American health care system: a positive reflection on the Affordable Care Act with emphasis on mental health care. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2015 Feb; 26(1):49-61.
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Shaw FE, Asomugha CN, Conway PH, Rein AS. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: opportunities for prevention and public health. Lancet. 2014 Jul 05; 384(9937):75-82.
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Ortiz-Ortiz KJ, Ram?rez-Garc?a R, Cruz-Correa M, R?os-Gonz?lez MY, Ortiz AP. Effects of type of health insurance coverage on colorectal cancer survival in Puerto Rico: a population-based study. PLoS One. 2014; 9(5):e96746.
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Satcher D. 1988-1990: a look back. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2014 Feb; 25(1):xiii-xvi.
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Hamidi S, Shaban S, Mahate AA, Younis MZ. Health insurance reform and the development of health insurance plans: the case of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE. J Health Care Finance. 2014; 40(3):47-66.
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Younis MZ. Interview: comparative effectiveness research and challenges to healthcare reform in the Middle East and USA. J Comp Eff Res. 2013 May; 2(3):223-5.