 Ambulatory Care
"Ambulatory 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.
Health care services provided to patients on an ambulatory basis, rather than by admission to a hospital or other health care facility. The services may be a part of a hospital, augmenting its inpatient services, or may be provided at a free-standing facility.
| Descriptor ID |
D000553
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.106 N02.421.585.106
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| Concept/Terms |
Ambulatory Care- Ambulatory Care
- Care, Ambulatory
- Outpatient Care
- Care, Outpatient
Health Services, Outpatient- Health Services, Outpatient
- Health Service, Outpatient
- Outpatient Health Service
- Service, Outpatient Health
- Outpatient Health Services
- Outpatient Services
- Outpatient Service
- Service, Outpatient
- Services, Outpatient
- Services, Outpatient Health
Urgent Care- Urgent Care
- Care, Urgent
- Cares, Urgent
- Urgent Cares
Clinic Visits- Clinic Visits
- Clinic Visit
- Visit, Clinic
- Visits, Clinic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ambulatory Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Ambulatory Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1999 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2000 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2001 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2002 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 2005 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2006 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 2007 | 3 | 11 | 14 | | 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2010 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2011 | 9 | 7 | 16 | | 2012 | 5 | 8 | 13 | | 2013 | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 2014 | 8 | 9 | 17 | | 2015 | 7 | 6 | 13 | | 2016 | 10 | 4 | 14 | | 2017 | 8 | 7 | 15 | | 2018 | 16 | 11 | 27 | | 2019 | 8 | 15 | 23 | | 2020 | 14 | 9 | 23 | | 2021 | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 2022 | 4 | 15 | 19 | | 2023 | 4 | 13 | 17 | | 2024 | 8 | 5 | 13 | | 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ambulatory Care" by people in Profiles.
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Vijayakumar S, Louis DW, Corneau E, Erqou S, Waldo SW, Plomondon ME, Gokhale M, Sheikh W, Has P, Marwan S, Abbott JD, Jankowich M, Aronow HD, Wu WC, Choudhary G. Association between pre-existing Pulmonary Hypertension and COVID-19 related outcomes in inpatient and ambulatory care settings. PLoS One. 2025; 20(4):e0321964.
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Moore PE, Hayden LP, Villafranco NM, Toprak D, Rice JL, Rhein LM, Popova AP, McKinney RL, Manimtim WM, Levin JC, Lai KV, Gage SC, Bansal M, Baker CD, Austin ED, Agarwal A, McGrath-Morrow SA, Collaco JM. Outpatient clinical care for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A survey of the BPD collaborative. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Jan; 60(1):e27296.
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Shapiro DJ, Hall M, Neuman MI, Hersh AL, Cotter JM, Cogen JD, Brogan TV, Ambroggio L, Blaschke AJ, Lipsett SC, Gerber JS, Florin TA. Outpatient Antibiotic Use and Treatment Failure Among Children With Pneumonia. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2441821.
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Peek CJ, Reed FM, Calonge N, Nutting PA, Hickner J, Pace WD, Carroll J, Niebauer L, Green LA. Looking Back to Move Forward: Reflections of PBRN Directors. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 Sep-Oct; 37(5):955-968.
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Kaufman BG, Woolson S, Stanwyck C, Burns M, Dennis P, Ma J, Feder S, Thorpe JM, Hastings SN, Bekelman DB, Van Houtven CH. Veterans' use of inpatient and outpatient palliative care: The national landscape. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Nov; 72(11):3385-3397.
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Feder S, Iannone L, Lendvai D, Zhan Y, Akg?n K, Ersek M, Luhrs C, Allen LA, Bekelman DB, Goldstein N, Kavalieratos D. Clinician Insights into Effective Components, Delivery Characteristics and Implementation Strategies of Ambulatory Palliative Care for People with Heart Failure: A Qualitative Analysis. J Card Fail. 2025 Apr; 31(4):611-620.
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Shenoy A, Valicevic AN, Lin A, Su GL, Saini SD, Kim HM, Adams MA. Delivery of Outpatient Cirrhosis Care Through Tele-Visit Is Not Associated With Increased Mortality as Compared With Traditional In-Person Visits. Am J Gastroenterol. 2025 Apr 01; 120(4):837-843.
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Tenforde MW, Weber ZA, Yang DH, DeSilva MB, Dascomb K, Irving SA, Naleway AL, Gaglani M, Fireman B, Lewis N, Zerbo O, Goddard K, Timbol J, Hansen JR, Grisel N, Arndorfer J, McEvoy CE, Essien IJ, Rao S, Grannis SJ, Kharbanda AB, Natarajan K, Ong TC, Embi PJ, Ball SW, Dunne MM, Kirshner L, Wiegand RE, Dickerson M, Patel P, Ray C, Flannery B, Garg S, Adams K, Klein NP. Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza A-Associated Emergency Department, Urgent Care, and Hospitalization Encounters Among US Adults, 2022-2023. J Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 25; 230(1):141-151.
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Fine DR, Hart K, Critchley N, Chang Y, Regan S, Joyce A, Tixier E, Sporn N, Gaeta J, Wright J, Kruse G, Baggett TP. Outpatient-Based Opioid Treatment Engagement and Attendance: A Prospective Cohort Study of Homeless-Experienced Adults. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Nov; 39(15):2927-2934.
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Maurer C, Exl MT, Gander HP, Bertschi D, Fischbacher I, Barbezat I, Eissler C, Jeitziner MM. Consequences of a stay in the intensive care unit and outpatient follow-up care for chronic critically ill patients: A retrospective data analysis. Aust Crit Care. 2024 Nov; 37(6):931-939.
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