 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 | 4 | 8 | | 2006 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2007 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2008 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2009 | 5 | 12 | 17 | | 2010 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2011 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 2012 | 3 | 16 | 19 | | 2013 | 5 | 12 | 17 | | 2014 | 8 | 13 | 21 | | 2015 | 9 | 17 | 26 | | 2016 | 4 | 9 | 13 | | 2017 | 11 | 19 | 30 | | 2018 | 11 | 19 | 30 | | 2019 | 15 | 25 | 40 | | 2020 | 17 | 31 | 48 | | 2021 | 16 | 48 | 64 | | 2022 | 4 | 37 | 41 | | 2023 | 14 | 36 | 50 | | 2024 | 19 | 15 | 34 | | 2025 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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Fox DK, Waken RJ, Wang F, Avula K, Raymer DS, Vader JM, Schilling JD, Joynt Maddox KE. Changes in Heart Transplant Listings by Insurance and Race During the COVID Public Health Emergency. Circ Heart Fail. 2025 Sep; 18(9):e012306.
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Dai J, Chau T, Corrada MM, Manson SM, O'Connell J, Jiang L. Race and Ethnicity and Comorbidities Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Young-Onset Dementia. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2528001.
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Zemplenyi AT, Chen NC, Anderson KE, Adamson B, DiStefano MJ, Nair KV, McQueen RB. Key Considerations for Assessing Real-World Comparative Effectiveness in the Context of the Drug Price Negotiation Program: A Case Study of Pembrolizumab. Pharmacoeconomics. 2025 Sep; 43(9):1147-1160.
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Jazowski SA, Achola EM, Nicholas LH, Kwon Y, Wood WA, Friese CR, Dusetzina SB. Medicare Plan Switching Among Beneficiaries With and Without a History of Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 06 02; 8(6):e2513394.
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Achola EM, Jazowski SA, Nicholas LH, Keohane LM, Wood WA, Friese CR, Dusetzina SB. Evaluating access to care for Medicare beneficiaries younger than 65 Years. Am J Manag Care. 2025 May; 31(5):222-229.
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Coogan PF, Delp L, Hicks JN, Hill-Jarrett TG, Ortiz K, James BD, Bailey Z, Barnes LL, Rosenberg L. Neighborhood disadvantage and the incidence of dementia in US Black women. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Apr; 21(4):e70125.
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Bernstein EY, Fu CX, Ayanian JZ, Curto VE, Anderson TS, Landon BE. Association of Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare with Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized for Substance Use Disorders. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Sep; 40(12):2964-2972.
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