Patient-Centered Care

"Patient-Centered 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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Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)

Descriptor ID	D018802
MeSH Number(s)	N04.590.233.727.407
Concept/Terms	Patient-Centered Care Patient-Centered Care Care, Patient-Centered Patient Centered Care Nursing, Patient-Centered Nursing, Patient-Centered Nursing, Patient Centered Patient-Centered Nursing Patient Centered Nursing Patient-Focused Care Patient-Focused Care Care, Patient-Focused Patient Focused Care Medical Home Medical Home Home, Medical Homes, Medical Medical Homes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient-Centered Care".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Comprehensive Health Care [N04.590.233]
Primary Health Care [N04.590.233.727]
Patient-Centered Care [N04.590.233.727.407]

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Bar chart showing 58 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2016 and 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	0	1	1
2010	4	0	4
2011	3	1	4
2012	2	0	2
2013	1	2	3
2014	4	1	5
2015	1	1	2
2016	1	5	6
2017	3	3	6
2018	5	0	5
2019	2	1	3
2020	1	0	1
2021	2	3	5
2022	0	2	2
2023	0	1	1
2024	3	0	3
2025	0	1	1

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Kuhn D, Pang PS, Mazurenko O, Glober NK, Lardaro TA, Li X, Harle CA, Musey PI. Use of Hallway Beds, Radiology Studies, and Patients in Pain on Arrival to the Emergency Department Are Associated With Patient Experience. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 Aug; 86(2):150-157.

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Wang J, Leung L, Jackson N, McClean M, Rose D, Lee ML, Stockdale SE. The association between population health management tools and clinician burnout in the United States VA primary care patient-centered medical home. BMC Prim Care. 2024 May 15; 25(1):164.

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Trepka MJ, Gong Z, Ward MK, Fennie KP, Sheehan DM, Jean-Gilles M, Devieux J, Iba?ez GE, Gwanzura T, Nawfal ES, Gray A, Beach MC, Ladner R, Yoo C. Using Causal Bayesian Networks to Assess the Role of Patient-Centered Care and Psychosocial Factors on Durable HIV Viral Suppression. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jun; 28(6):2113-2130.

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Knight JM, Ward MK, Fernandez S, Genberg BL, Beach MC, Ladner RA, Trepka MJ. Perceptions and Current Practices in Patient-Centered Care: A Qualitative Study of Ryan White HIV Providers in South Florida. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2024 Jan-Dec; 23:23259582241244684.

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Harzand A, Alrohaibani A, Idris MY, Spence H, Parrish CG, Rout PK, Nazar R, Davis-Watts ML, Wright PP, Vakili AA, Abdelhamid S, Vathsangam H, Adesanya A, Park LG, Whooley MA, Wenger NK, Zafari AM, Shah AJ. Effects of a patient-centered digital health intervention in patients referred to cardiac rehabilitation: the Smart HEART clinical trial. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2023 09 12; 23(1):453.

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Singer A, Kosowan L, LaBine L, Shenoda D, Katz A, Abrams EM, Halas G, Wong ST, Talpade S, Kirby S, Baldwin A, Francois J. Characterizing the use of virtual care in primary care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Prim Care. 2022 12 10; 23(1):320.

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Kerestes C, Delafield R, Elia J, Shochet T, Kaneshiro B, Soon R. Person-centered, high-quality care from a distance: A qualitative study of patient experiences of TelAbortion, a model for direct-to-patient medication abortion by mail in the United States. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2022 12; 54(4):177-187.

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Wong ST, Johnston S, Burge F, Ammi M, Campbell JL, Katz A, Martin-Misener R, Peterson S, Thandi M, Haggerty J, Hogg W. Comparing the Attainment of the Patient's Medical Home Model across Regions in Three Canadian Provinces: A Cross-Sectional Study. Healthc Policy. 2021 11; 17(2):19-37.

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Yin Z, Li S, Ortega C, Bobadilla R, Winkler PL, Hern?ndez AE, Simmonds MJ. Impacts on patient-centered outcomes of a chronic pain self-management program in a rural community: A feasibility study. Geriatr Nurs. 2021 Sep-Oct; 42(5):1198-1203.

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Fortin M, Stewart M, Ngangue P, Almirall J, B?langer M, Brown JB, Couture M, Gallagher F, Katz A, Loignon C, Ryan BL, Sampalli T, Wong ST, Zwarenstein M. Scaling Up Patient-Centered Interdisciplinary Care for Multimorbidity: A Pragmatic Mixed-Methods Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Fam Med. 2021 Mar-Apr; 19(2):126-134.

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