 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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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Chatterjee S, Bali V, Carnahan RM, Chen H, Johnson ML, Aparasu RR. Anticholinergic Medication Use and Risk of Fracture in Elderly Adults with Depression. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Jul; 64(7):1492-7.
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Mann A, Esse T, Abughosh SM, Serna O. Evaluating Pharmacist-Written Recommendations to Providers in a Medicare Advantage Plan: Factors Associated with Provider Acceptance. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2016 Jan; 22(1):49-55.
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Abughosh SM, Wang X, Serna O, Henges C, Masilamani S, Essien EJ, Chung N, Fleming M. A Pharmacist Telephone Intervention to Identify Adherence Barriers and Improve Adherence Among Nonadherent Patients with Comorbid Hypertension and Diabetes in a Medicare Advantage Plan. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2016 Jan; 22(1):63-73.
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Kadakia A, Rajan SS, Abughosh S, Du XL, Johnson ML. CMF-regimen preferred as first-course chemotherapy for older and sicker women with breast cancer: Findings from a SEER-Medicare-based population study. Am J Clin Oncol. 2015 Apr; 38(2):165-73.
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Elkousy H, Heaps B, Overturf S, Laughlin MS. Financial impact of third-party reimbursement due to changes in the definition of ICD-9 arthroscopy codes 29880, 29881, and 29877. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Sep 17; 96(18):e161.
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Aparasu RR, Chatterjee S, Chen H. Risk of hospitalization and use of first- versus second-generation antipsychotics among nursing home residents. Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Jun 01; 65(6):781-8.
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Aparasu RR, Chatterjee S, Chen H. Risk of pneumonia in elderly nursing home residents using typical versus atypical antipsychotics. Ann Pharmacother. 2013 Apr; 47(4):464-74.
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Aparasu RR, Chatterjee S, Mehta S, Chen H. Risk of death in dual-eligible nursing home residents using typical or atypical antipsychotic agents. Med Care. 2012 Nov; 50(11):961-9.
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Barr CD, Diez DM, Wang Y, Dominici F, Samet JM. Comprehensive smoking bans and acute myocardial infarction among Medicare enrollees in 387 US counties: 1999-2008. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Oct 01; 176(7):642-8.
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Levy JI, Diez D, Dou Y, Barr CD, Dominici F. A meta-analysis and multisite time-series analysis of the differential toxicity of major fine particulate matter constituents. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Jun 01; 175(11):1091-9.
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