 Health Care Reform
"Health Care Reform" 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.
Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.
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D018166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.655.500.608.400.285 I01.880.604.825.608.400.285 N03.349.285 N03.623.500.608.428.285 N04.590.374.285 N05.300.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Care Reform- Health Care Reform
- Health Care Reforms
- Reform, Health Care
- Reforms, Health Care
- Healthcare Reform
- Healthcare Reforms
- Reform, Healthcare
- Reforms, Healthcare
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Care Reform" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Care Reform" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2012 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2015 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Reform" by people in Profiles.
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Green EA, Shade KN, Gomez DA, Khechoyan AD, Yu JW, Irwin TJ, French B, Nguyen PD, Mathes DW, Khechoyan DY. Current Landscape of Medicolegal Reform in the United States: A Plastic Surgery Perspective. Ann Plast Surg. 2026 01 01; 96(1):101-111.
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Zarychta A, Bermudez Tapia B, Root ED, Freake D, Grillos T, Andersson K, Menken J. Decentralization and equitable service delivery: Access and satisfaction under health sector governance reform. Soc Sci Med. 2026 Jan; 388:118750.
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Asanbek Kyzy A, Sulaimanova G, Kalmatov R, Mamyrova K, Abdyrasulov K, Fonken P, Bardella IJ. The Evolution and Challenges of Family Medicine in Kyrgyzstan: A Health System Analysis. Fam Med. 2025 May; 57(5):349-354.
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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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Birru E, Ndayizigiye M, Wanje G, Marole T, Smith PD, Koto M, McBain R, Hirschhorn LR, Mokoena M, Michaelis A, Curtain J, Dally E, Andom AT, Mukherjee J. Healthcare workers' views on decentralized primary health care management in Lesotho: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jul 11; 24(1):801.
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Westergaard S, Bowden K, Astik GJ, Bowling G, Keniston A, Linker A, Sakumoto M, Schwatka N, Auerbach A, Burden M. Impact of billing reforms on academic hospitalist physician and advanced practice provider collaboration: A qualitative study. J Hosp Med. 2024 Jun; 19(6):486-494.
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Haber LA, Boudin C, Williams BA. Criminal Justice Reform Is Health Care Reform. JAMA. 2024 01 02; 331(1):21-22.
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Birru E, Ndayizigiye M, McBain R, Mokoena M, Koto M, Augusto O, Casmir E, Puttkammer N, Mukherjee J. Effects of primary healthcare reform on routine health information systems (RHISs): a mixed-methods study in Lesotho. BMJ Open. 2023 05 19; 13(5):e071414.
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Sabik LM, Eom KY, Dahman B, Li J, van Londen GJ, Bradley CJ. Breast Cancer Treatment Following Health Reform: Evidence From Massachusetts. Med Care Res Rev. 2022 06; 79(3):371-381.
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Fiscella K, Sanders MR, Carroll JK. Transforming Health Care to Address Value and Equity: National Vital Signs to Guide Vital Reforms. JAMA. 2021 Jul 13; 326(2):131-132.
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