"Primary 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.
Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)
| Descriptor ID |
D011320
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.233.727
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| Concept/Terms |
Primary Health Care- Primary Health Care
- Care, Primary Health
- Health Care, Primary
- Primary Healthcare
- Healthcare, Primary
- Primary Care
- Care, Primary
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Primary Health Care".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Primary Health Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Primary 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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| 1995 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 1996 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 1997 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 1998 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 1999 | 22 | 13 | 35 |
| 2000 | 25 | 17 | 42 |
| 2001 | 25 | 9 | 34 |
| 2002 | 33 | 14 | 47 |
| 2003 | 42 | 21 | 63 |
| 2004 | 44 | 28 | 72 |
| 2005 | 53 | 34 | 87 |
| 2006 | 57 | 23 | 80 |
| 2007 | 56 | 26 | 82 |
| 2008 | 55 | 31 | 86 |
| 2009 | 66 | 27 | 93 |
| 2010 | 64 | 39 | 103 |
| 2011 | 75 | 42 | 117 |
| 2012 | 78 | 49 | 127 |
| 2013 | 114 | 55 | 169 |
| 2014 | 112 | 46 | 158 |
| 2015 | 112 | 43 | 155 |
| 2016 | 105 | 44 | 149 |
| 2017 | 122 | 54 | 176 |
| 2018 | 139 | 54 | 193 |
| 2019 | 106 | 71 | 177 |
| 2020 | 97 | 98 | 195 |
| 2021 | 64 | 112 | 176 |
| 2022 | 17 | 99 | 116 |
| 2023 | 29 | 97 | 126 |
| 2024 | 98 | 56 | 154 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Primary Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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Advance Care Planning, End-of-Life Preferences, and Burdensome Care: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Feb 01; 185(2):162-170.
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Depression Treatment After a Positive Depression Screen Result. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Feb 01; 185(2):221-229.
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Perceptions of primary care services among Afro-Peruvians in Lima, Peru. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2025 Jan 31; 26:e9.
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Social-structural barriers to primary care among sex workers: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2014-2021). BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Jan 24; 25(1):134.
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Addressing Diabetes Distress in Primary Care: Where Are We Now, and Where Do We Need to Go? Curr Diab Rep. 2025 Jan 18; 25(1):17.
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Effectiveness and utilization of a cognitive screening program for primary geriatric care. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2025 Jan 17; 17(1):23.
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Vocal Cord Disorders. Prim Care. 2025 Mar; 52(1):123-137.
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Social Capital and Cultural Health Capital in Primary Care: The Case of Group Medical Visits. Sociol Health Illn. 2025 Jan; 47(1):e13868.
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Implementation of a data-driven quality improvement program in primary care for patients with coronary heart disease: a mixed methods evaluation of acceptability, satisfaction, barriers and enablers. Aust J Prim Health. 2025 Jan; 31.
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Overcoming Hesitancy and Barriers to Care with Integration of Telemedicine in a Free Student-run Health Clinic. J Prim Care Community Health. 2025 Jan-Dec; 16:21501319251316338.