 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)
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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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2015 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2017 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Courtney PM, Boniello AJ, Della Valle CJ, Lee GC. Risk Adjustment Is Necessary in Value-based Outcomes Models for Infected TKA. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2018 10; 476(10):1940-1948.
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Yates AJ, Kerr JM, Froimson MI, Della Valle CJ, Huddleston JI. The Unintended Impact of the Removal of Total Knee Arthroplasty From the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Inpatient-Only List. J Arthroplasty. 2018 12; 33(12):3602-3606.
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Courtney PM, Bohl DD, Lau EC, Ong KL, Jacobs JJ, Della Valle CJ. Risk Adjustment Is Necessary in Medicare Bundled Payment Models for Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2018 08; 33(8):2368-2375.
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Courtney PM, Froimson MI, Meneghini RM, Lee GC, Della Valle CJ. Can Total Knee Arthroplasty Be Performed Safely as an Outpatient in the Medicare Population? J Arthroplasty. 2018 07; 33(7S):S28-S31.
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Nunley PD, Mundis GM, Fessler RG, Park P, Zavatsky JM, Uribe JS, Eastlack RK, Chou D, Wang MY, Anand N, Frank KA, Stone MB, Kanter AS, Shaffrey CI, Mummaneni PV. Impact of case type, length of stay, institution type, and comorbidities on Medicare diagnosis-related group reimbursement for adult spinal deformity surgery. Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Dec; 43(6):E11.
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Frisch NB, Courtney PM, Darrith B, Della Valle CJ. Do higher-volume hospitals provide better value in revision hip and knee arthroplasty? Bone Joint J. 2017 Dec; 99-B(12):1611-1617.
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Courtney PM, Froimson MI, Meneghini RM, Lee GC, Della Valle CJ. Should Medicare Remove Total Knee Arthroplasty From Its Inpatient Only List? A Total Knee Arthroplasty Is Not a Partial Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2018 07; 33(7S):S23-S27.
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Courtney PM, Darrith B, Bohl DD, Frisch NB, Della Valle CJ. Reconsidering the Affordable Care Act's Restrictions on Physician-Owned Hospitals: Analysis of CMS Data on Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Nov 15; 99(22):1888-1894.
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Chakravarthy V, Ryan MJ, Jaffer A, Golden R, McClenton R, Kim J, Press I, Johnson TJ. Efficacy of a Transition Clinic on Hospital Readmissions. Am J Med. 2018 02; 131(2):178-184.e1.
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Shin JY, Yoon JK, Shin AK, Blumenfeld P, Mai M, Diaz AZ. Association of Insurance and Community-Level Socioeconomic Status With Treatment and Outcome of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Pharynx. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 09 01; 143(9):899-907.
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