"Quality of Health Care" 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.
The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.
| Descriptor ID |
D011787
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761 N05.715
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality of Health Care- Quality of Health Care
- Health Care Quality
- Quality of Healthcare
- Healthcare Quality
- Quality of Care
- Care Qualities
- Care Quality
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quality of Health Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quality of Health Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality of Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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Patient and Caregiver Outcomes of Health System, Community-Based, and Usual Dementia Care: A Prespecified Analysis of the Dementia Care Study (D-CARE) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Oct 01; 185(10):1227-1236.
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The effects of private equity ownership in U.S. nursing homes quality and financial performance: A systematic review. Health Policy. 2025 Nov; 161:105388.
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Improving quality measurement for dementia care. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Apr; 21(4):e70154.
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Global, regional, and national burden and quality of care index (QCI) of oral disorders: a systematic analysis of the global burden of disease study 1990-2017. BMC Oral Health. 2024 Jan 20; 24(1):116.
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Identifying the unique behaviors embedded in the process of interprofessional collaboration in the ICU. J Interprof Care. 2023 Nov 02; 37(6):857-865.
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Global, regional, and national burden and quality of care index of endocarditis: the global burden of disease study 1990-2019. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 05 27; 29(8):1287-1297.
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Global and regional burden and quality of care of non-rheumatic valvular heart diseases: a systematic analysis of Global Burden of Disease 1990-2017. Int J Qual Health Care. 2022 Apr 22; 34(2).
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The global, regional, and national burden and quality of care index (QCI) of colorectal cancer; a global burden of disease systematic analysis 1990-2019. PLoS One. 2022; 17(4):e0263403.
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Global, regional, and national quality of care of ischaemic heart disease from 1990 to 2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 03 11; 29(2):371-379.
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Health facility readiness to provide integrated Family Planning, Maternal and Child Health (FPMCH) services in Nepal: Evidence from the comprehensive health facility survey. PLoS One. 2022; 17(2):e0264417.