Minimal Clinically Important Difference MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Minimal Clinically Important Difference
Tree Number(s): N04.761.559.590.399.125.500; N05.715.360.575.575.399.125.500
Unique ID: D000071081
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000071081
Scope Note: A statistically significant minimum set of clinical outcomes that demonstrates a clinical benefit of an intervention or treatment.
Entry Term(s): Minimal Clinically Important Improvement
Previous Indexing: Treatment Outcome (2001-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/05
Revision Date: 2022/04/13

No Qualifiers

Health Services Administration [N04]
- Quality of Health Care [N04.761]
  - Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care [N04.761.559]
    - Outcome Assessment, Health Care [N04.761.559.590]
      - Patient Outcome Assessment [N04.761.559.590.399]
        
        Clinical Relevance [N04.761.559.590.399.125]
        
        Minimal Clinically Important Difference [N04.761.559.590.399.125.500]

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
- Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
  - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
    - Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care [N05.715.360.575]
      - Outcome Assessment, Health Care [N05.715.360.575.575]
        
        Patient Outcome Assessment [N05.715.360.575.575.399]
        
        Clinical Relevance [N05.715.360.575.575.399.125]
        
        Minimal Clinically Important Difference [N05.715.360.575.575.399.125.500]

Minimal Clinically Important Difference Preferred

Minimal Clinically Important Improvement Narrower

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