 Continuity of Patient Care
"Continuity of Patient 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 provided on a continuing basis from the initial contact, following the patient through all phases of medical care.
| Descriptor ID |
D003266
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.169 N02.421.585.169 N04.590.233.727.210
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| Concept/Terms |
Continuity of Patient Care- Continuity of Patient Care
- Care Continuity, Patient
- Patient Care Continuity
- Continuum of Care
- Care Continuum
- Continuity of Care
- Care Continuity
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Continuity of Patient Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Continuity of Patient Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2004 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2006 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2008 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2009 | 11 | 3 | 14 | | 2010 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2011 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2012 | 8 | 8 | 16 | | 2013 | 8 | 6 | 14 | | 2014 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2015 | 12 | 6 | 18 | | 2016 | 12 | 4 | 16 | | 2017 | 9 | 5 | 14 | | 2018 | 10 | 3 | 13 | | 2019 | 13 | 11 | 24 | | 2020 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2026 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Continuity of Patient Care" by people in Profiles.
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Sullivan DC, McNitt-Gray M, Aberle DR, Avila RS, Armato SG, Bergstrom PM, Chong M, Cody DD, Coombs LP, Frank RA, Gillies RJ, Goldin JG, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Kinahan PE, Schabath MB, Smith RA, Yankelevitz DF, Kazerooni EA. The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable strategic plan: Opportunities in advanced imaging across the lung cancer care continuum. Cancer. 2026 Aug 15; 132(16):e70516.
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Bowles KH, Hirschman KB, Stawnychy MA, O'Connor M, Mikkelsen ME, You SB, Sang E, Oh S, Pitcher K, Newman B, Weiss C, Lee C, Hodgson N. Strategies to address implementation barriers in sepsis survivors' care transitions to home health and outpatient care: a multi-site, type 1 hybrid implementation study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2026 Jul 17; 26(1).
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Marr MC, Ron-Li Liaw K, Horowitz LM, Love LE, Havens J. The Emergency Department Is Not the System: Youth Mental Health and the Need for a Continuum of Care. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2026 Jul; 35(3):417-427.
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McDonnell PJ, Fuest S, Forget N. Implementing Team-Based Care in an Internal Medicine Residency Continuity Clinic: 2?Years of Change. Clin Teach. 2026 Apr; 23(2):e70381.
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Schnall R, Ozoria Ramirez S, Halpern M, Kuhn L, Wright J, Sanchez E, Garcia A, Brin M, Martinez N, Michaels CL, Snyder C, Stonbraker S, Baez Caraballo P. Factors Related To Improving the Quality of Cervical Cancer Screening for Women Living with HIV in La Romana, Dominican Republic: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. AIDS Behav. 2026 Aug; 30(8):2479-2487.
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McQuown CM, Snell K, Song S, Koepf B, Ragsdale LC, Abbate LM, Arora K. Outcomes of a Geriatric Emergency Medicine Care Transition Program, SCOUTS (Supporting Community, Outpatient, Urgent Care, and Telehealth Services). Acad Emerg Med. 2026 03; 33(3):e70258.
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Hannan KE, Ng Williams V, Hwang SS. Transitions of Care From Birth to Outpatient Care for Infants Who Have Been Prenatally Substance-Exposed. Hosp Pediatr. 2026 Feb 01; 16(2):e74-e83.
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Weerahandi H, Williams MV, Rosenthal MA, Anderson TS, Angeli E, Burden M, Dalal S, Farrag S, Fisher A, Keniston A, Westergaard S, Schnipper J. Heterogeneity and misaligned incentives in discharge transition programs: Insights from a multisite rapid qualitative study. J Hosp Med. 2026 Jul; 21(7):766-776.
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Daus M, Pfeiffer L, Kennedy MA, Piazza KM, Cohen AJ, Agnew J, Hinkle P, Igo S, Halladay CW, Leder SM, Mitchell KM, Moy E, Nestman K, Ruggles S, Russell LE. An Innovative Nurse Navigator Approach to Screen For and Address Social Needs in a Veterans Health Administration Women's Health Clinic. Med Care. 2026 Jan 01; 64(1S Suppl 1):S82-S90.
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Gallagher BD, Vohra-Khullar PD, Fuest S, Leung PB, Zucker S, Tan EX, Lo MC, Callender DM, McClintock AH, Noronha CF, Marcus EN, Yang Y, Jones D. The Primary Care Exception Rule in Internal Medicine Residency Clinic: Benefits, Disadvantages, Best Practices, and Recommendations for Reform. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 05; 40(6):1419-1423.
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