 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 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2003 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2004 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | 2005 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2006 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2007 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2008 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2009 | 5 | 12 | 17 | | 2010 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2011 | 2 | 11 | 13 | | 2012 | 4 | 16 | 20 | | 2013 | 5 | 13 | 18 | | 2014 | 9 | 14 | 23 | | 2015 | 10 | 19 | 29 | | 2016 | 5 | 11 | 16 | | 2017 | 12 | 21 | 33 | | 2018 | 11 | 21 | 32 | | 2019 | 15 | 27 | 42 | | 2020 | 18 | 33 | 51 | | 2021 | 16 | 50 | 66 | | 2022 | 5 | 38 | 43 | | 2023 | 14 | 42 | 56 | | 2024 | 21 | 18 | 39 | | 2025 | 12 | 9 | 21 | | 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Hop JC, Richman EH, Marchetti DC, Royster BW, Gorman MA, Alfonso NA. Surgical fixation of clavicle fractures in the elderly: utilization and compensation over two decades. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2026 Jan 22; 36(1):85.
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Fedewa SA, Buckner TW, Cafuir L, Sidonio RF, Lim M, Kempton CL. Approaches to Identify People With Haemophilia With Medicare Claims Data. Haemophilia. 2026 Mar-Apr; 32(2):410-417.
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Greene M, Le QA, Ozbay AB, Karlitz JJ, Fendrick AM. Completing the colorectal cancer screening process: impact of eliminating cost-sharing for follow-up colonoscopy. Curr Med Res Opin. 2025 Sep; 41(9):1697-1703.
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Li Y, Bruckman D, Schold JD, Claytor B, Silvestri N, Hehir MK, Lee I. Survival Outcomes of Medicare-Covered Elderly US Population With Myasthenia Gravis. Muscle Nerve. 2026 Jan; 73(1):41-49.
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DiStefano MJ, McQueen RB, Zheng H, Gyamfi HG, Ameyaw D, Campbell JD, Zemplenyi A. Opportunities for CMS to Further Specify and Broaden Its Approach to Assessing Unmet Medical Need in the Context of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2026 Mar; 24(2):261-269.
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Lam K, Cenzer I, Ankuda CK, Levy CR, Smith AK, Covinsky KE, Kotwal AA. Social Participation Among Older Adults Before and After Long-Term Care Facility Entry. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Oct 01; 185(10):1257-1265.
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Canavan ME, Cheng L, Xiang JJ, Lin JK, Hui D, Zhao H, Nortje N, Ratan R, Cherny N, Pham T, Giordano SH, Niu J, Adelson KB. Association Between Systemic Anticancer Therapy Administration Near the End of Life With Health Care and Hospice Utilization in Older Adults: A SEER Medicare Analysis of End-of-Life Care Quality. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Nov; 43(31):3391-3402.
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Hassett MJ, Tramontano AC, Uno H, Ritzwoller DP, Punglia RS. Geospatial disparities, health system factors, and breast cancer care quality. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Sep 01; 9(5).
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Singh S, Furman CD, Flint LA, Teno J. Rehab and Death: Improving End-Of-Life Care for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Beneficiaries. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 Jan; 74(1):26-32.
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Lin JK, Niu J, Giordano SH, Li P, Snyder RA, Liao K, Li M, Aparicio A, Chapin W, Zhang J, Xiang J, Perera N, Pain D, Guerra CE, Doshi JA. Racial and Ethnic Disparities Along the Treatment Cascade Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries With Metastatic Breast, Colorectal, Lung, and Prostate Cancers. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Oct 20; 43(30):3254-3265.
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