 Medicare
"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medicare" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medicare" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2003 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2004 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | 2005 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2006 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2007 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2008 | 6 | 6 | 12 | | 2009 | 6 | 12 | 18 | | 2010 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2011 | 2 | 11 | 13 | | 2012 | 5 | 20 | 25 | | 2013 | 6 | 16 | 22 | | 2014 | 11 | 17 | 28 | | 2015 | 10 | 22 | 32 | | 2016 | 6 | 14 | 20 | | 2017 | 14 | 23 | 37 | | 2018 | 11 | 21 | 32 | | 2019 | 16 | 29 | 45 | | 2020 | 19 | 35 | 54 | | 2021 | 14 | 51 | 65 | | 2022 | 6 | 41 | 47 | | 2023 | 15 | 43 | 58 | | 2024 | 23 | 19 | 42 | | 2025 | 13 | 13 | 26 | | 2026 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Nash SH, Loeffler BT, Erdrich J, Verhage E, Sorensen J, Slater VE, Elenwa F, Ivanich JD, Smith BJ, Ulmer KK, McDowell BD. Impact of Comorbidities on Survival among American Indian and Alaska Native People with Cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2026 Aug 03; 35(8):1317-1328.
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Mullens CL, Diaz A, Bredbeck BC, Kunnath N, Dimick JB, Ibrahim AM. Rural Residence and Postsurgical Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Aug 03; 9(8):e2626959.
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Herrera L, Bruckman D, Lee I, Schold JD, Claytor B, Silvestri N, Li Y, Hehir MK. Mismatch Between the Distribution of Neuromuscular Specialists and Myasthenia Gravis Patients in the US Medicare Fee-for-Service Population. Muscle Nerve. 2026 Sep; 74(3):714-719.
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Yang L, Gabriel N, Tang S, Cater L, Blackburn H, Page RL, Saba S, Hernandez I. Case-Crossover Analysis of Short-Term Particulate Matter and Health Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Aug 04; 15(15):e046917.
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Gohil S, Omar M, Carnes ML, Karlitz JJ, Usry N, Idriss R, Greene M. Adherence to multi-target stool DNA colorectal cancer screening among Medicare patients in Alabama. Curr Med Res Opin. 2026 May; 42(5):941-951.
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Fox AH, Ward RC, Alexander M, Osarogiagbon RU, Smith RA, Studts JL, Silvestri GA. Rates of Systemic Treatment for Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Among Older Adults. JAMA Oncol. 2026 Jul 01; 12(7):705-713.
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Hyle EP, Ang L, Luu G, Kasaie P, Dai D, Ebem F, Phelan J, Koiso S, Duggan C, Humes E, Molozanov D, Sax PE, Gerace L, Giardina J, Orav EJ, Horn T, Neilan AM, Pandya A, Figueroa JF, Althoff KN, Freedberg KA. Ten-Year Cost Projections for Medicare Beneficiaries 65 Years or Older With HIV. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jul 01; 9(7):e2621966.
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Castillo-Angeles M, Xiang L, Zogg CK, Adler RR, Ordoobadi AJ, Kim DH, Hsu J, Shah SK, Weissman JS, Havens JM. Healthy Days at Home after Emergency General Surgery: Shifting Toward Long-Term Patient-Centered Outcomes for Older Adults. J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Aug 01; 243(2):429-437.
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Rai K, Mehta AB, Burke JF, Brummel NE. A Novel Medicare Claims-Based Approach to Identifying Tele-ICU Capability and Utilization Across US Hospitals. Med Care. 2026 Aug 01; 64(8):500-506.
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Yang M, Abdulsalam R, Shi Y, Fan W, Manson SM, Corrada MM, O'Connell J, Jiang L. Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and related health conditions among American Indian and Alaska Native Medicare beneficiaries. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Apr; 22(4):e71385.
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