Patient-Centered Care

"Patient-Centered 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.

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Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)

Descriptor ID	D018802
MeSH Number(s)	N04.590.233.727.407
Concept/Terms	Patient-Centered Care Patient-Centered Care Care, Patient-Centered Patient Centered Care Nursing, Patient-Centered Nursing, Patient-Centered Nursing, Patient Centered Patient-Centered Nursing Patient Centered Nursing Patient-Focused Care Patient-Focused Care Care, Patient-Focused Patient Focused Care Medical Home Medical Home Home, Medical Homes, Medical Medical Homes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient-Centered Care".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Comprehensive Health Care [N04.590.233]
Primary Health Care [N04.590.233.727]
Patient-Centered Care [N04.590.233.727.407]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2014	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1
2019	0	1	1

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