"Medicare" 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.
Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)
Descriptor ID |
D006278
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MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696
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Concept/Terms |
Medicare- Medicare
- Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18
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2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Cavanaugh AM, Rauh MJ, Thompson CA, Alcaraz J, Mihalko WM, Bird CE, Corbie-Smith G, Rosal MC, Li W, Shadyab AH, Gilmer T, LaCroix AZ. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Physical Function Before and After Total Knee Arthroplasty Among Women in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 05 01; 3(5):e204937.
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Cavanaugh AM, Rauh MJ, Thompson CA, Alcaraz JE, Bird CE, Gilmer TP, LaCroix AZ. Rehabilitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Do Racial Disparities Exist? J Arthroplasty. 2020 03; 35(3):683-689.
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Riviere P, Tokeshi C, Hou J, Nalawade V, Sarkar R, Paravati AJ, Schiaffino M, Rose B, Xu R, Murphy JD. Claims-Based Approach to Predict Cause-Specific Survival in Men With Prostate Cancer. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2019 03; 3:1-7.
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Al-Amin M, Schiaffino MK, Park S, Harman J. Sustained Hospital Performance on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey Measures: What Are the Determinants? J Healthc Manag. 2018 Jan/Feb; 63(1):15-28.
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Roetzheim RG, Chirikos TN, Wells KJ, McCarthy EP, Ngo LH, Li D, Drews RE, Iezzoni LI. Managed care and cancer outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities. Am J Manag Care. 2008 May; 14(5):287-96.
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Rask KJ, Wells KJ, Teitel GS, Hawley JN, Richards C, Gazmararian JA. Can an algorithm for appropriate prescribing predict adverse drug events? Am J Manag Care. 2005 Mar; 11(3):145-51.