 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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.233.727.407
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| Concept/Terms |
Medical Home- Medical Home
- Home, Medical
- Homes, Medical
- Medical Homes
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2008 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2009 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2010 | 13 | 6 | 19 | | 2011 | 12 | 2 | 14 | | 2012 | 13 | 9 | 22 | | 2013 | 18 | 9 | 27 | | 2014 | 16 | 14 | 30 | | 2015 | 20 | 5 | 25 | | 2016 | 21 | 5 | 26 | | 2017 | 21 | 11 | 32 | | 2018 | 15 | 9 | 24 | | 2019 | 14 | 7 | 21 | | 2020 | 8 | 13 | 21 | | 2021 | 8 | 12 | 20 | | 2022 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 2023 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2024 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2025 | 8 | 12 | 20 | | 2026 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient-Centered Care" by people in Profiles.
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Burke J, Kissler MJ, Nguyen AQ, Amass T, New ML. Reading between the lines: evaluating an undergraduate medical education shared decision making curriculum via thematic and narrative analyses. Acad Med. 2026 Jul 01; 101(7):814-822.
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Kim YC, Kusmaul N, Holmes S, Lepore M, Wang J, Davie L, Rataj AC, Murray B, Corazzini K. Person-centered dementia care strategies and facilitators in low-resource long-term care: staff insights. Gerontologist. 2026 Jun 09; 66(7).
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O'Leary ST, Danchin M. Childhood Vaccine Hesitancy. N Engl J Med. 2026 Jun 04; 394(21):2134-2145.
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Geetha Manukumar A, Rahimipour Anaraki N, Etchegary H, Walsh A, Hurley O, Patey C, Norman P, Asghari S. Voices from the emergency department: A theoretical framework analysis on patient experiences of care in emergency departments of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. PLoS One. 2026; 21(2):e0342555.
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Mastalerz KA, Knees M, Raffel KE. Caring for hospitalized patients in US immigration and customs enforcement custody. J Hosp Med. 2026 Mar; 21(3):317-320.
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Kessler ER, Min SJ, Hoover K, Coats H, Fischer SM. Feasibility and Acceptability of the ABC123 Framework for Advanced Cancer Care: Study Protocol. Nurs Res. 2026 May-Jun 01; 75(3):241-245.
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Phillips EM, Edwards JG, Aiello L, Gilliam CA, Seltz LB, Spencer DJ, Rassbach CE. The Effect of Mistreatment From Patients and Families on Pediatric Resident Professional Identity Formation. Acad Pediatr. 2026 Apr; 26(3):103221.
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SanInocencio C, Demarest S, Weitzman S, Thomas H, Chandran I, DeWoody Y. Development of a patient-centered conceptual disease model in Ring 14 syndrome: a patient-centered model of lived experience. Qual Life Res. 2026 Jan 14; 35(2):47.
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Amura CR, Techau A, Ritchie ND, Sorrell TR, Weber M, Kwan BM, Morrato EH, Cook PF. Planning for implementation scale-up of a medication for opioid use disorder program across rural Colorado: Ensuring fit to context. Eval Program Plann. 2026 Apr; 115:102749.
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Schuttner L, Theis M, Wong E, Staloff J, McQueen RB, Nelson K, Ralston JD, Coyle L, Hagan S, Schult T, Solt T, Ritchey K, Rosland AM. Patient-Centered Prioritization of Health Care Processes for Multimorbidity. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Dec 01; 8(12):e2549693.
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