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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

In research, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,372 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 15.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,244
of 28,054 · #4,524 all time
Rank in United States
#2,307
of 4,192
Research works
977
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
41.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,372 of 11,982 30.4%63 #836

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 15.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 20.9 works16×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 24.3 works9.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 9.52× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.89× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 4.86× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.13× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services?

Ranked on the composite score, Patrick H. Conway, Stephen F. Jencks and Jeffrey A. Kelman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

  1. 1 Patrick H. Conway United States · #292,088 worldwide 59 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Stephen F. Jencks United States · #391,934 worldwide 74 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Jeffrey A. Kelman United States · #570,428 worldwide 69 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Tara McMullen United States · #1,071,552 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Anne Martin United States · #1,610,132 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Which keywords describe research at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Chronic Disease Management, Quality Improvement, Health Care Utilization, Health Care Spending, Insurance Markets, Quality of Life and Continuity of Care.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Primary Care19▲ 51×6 topics
  2. Chronic Disease Management10▲ 57×5 topics
  3. Health Care Utilization10▲ 93×3 topics
  4. Quality Improvement10▲ 56×6 topics
  5. Quality of Life10▲ 7.1×10 topics
  6. Health Care Spending10▲ 237×1 topic
  7. Insurance Markets10▲ 237×1 topic
  8. Continuity of Care7▲ 157×2 topics
  9. Health System Reform7▲ 105×2 topics
  10. Epidemiology7▲ 1.82×29 topics
  11. Patient-Centered Medical Home7▲ 203×1 topic
  12. Pay for Performance7▲ 203×1 topic
  13. Cost-effectiveness Analysis6▲ 73×1 topic
  14. Health Utility Measures6▲ 73×1 topic
  15. Quality of Care6▲ 72×3 topics
  16. Long-Term Care5▲ 73×2 topics
  17. Nursing Home5▲ 137×1 topic
  18. Person-Centered Care5▲ 137×1 topic
  19. COVID-195▲ 3.7×6 topics
  20. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 16×5 topics
  21. Mortality4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  22. Mortality Risk4▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Pandemic4▲ 3.7×5 topics
  24. Health Outcomes4▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Public Health4▲ 2.6×10 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations4▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Elderly Patients3▲ 19×4 topics
  28. Aging3▲ 5.8×4 topics
  29. Digital Divide3▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Chronic Disease3▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Healthcare Quality3▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Child Development2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  35. Health Care Costs2▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  37. Healthcare Workers2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Health Disparities2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  39. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Physical Performance2▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Policy and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes.

Healthcare Policy and Ma…10Healthcare Policy and Management: 10 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 7 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 6 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…5Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksPatient Satisfaction in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and DieteticsGeriatrics and Gerontology2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  2. 2 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 7 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  4. 4 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  6. 6 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  7. 7 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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