Health Services Accessibility
"Health Services Accessibility" 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.
The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others.
| Descriptor ID |
D006297
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.590.374.350 N05.300.430
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Services Accessibility- Health Services Accessibility
- Availability of Health Services
- Health Services Availability
- Accessibility, Health Services
- Access to Health Care
- Accessibility of Health Services
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Services Accessibility" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2016 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.
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Telemedicine and Primary Care Access: A Cross-sectional Observational Study of Patients Using Only Telemedicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Nov; 40(14):3363-3370.
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Effect of pre-end-stage kidney disease nephrology care on the association between neighborhood poverty and referral for kidney transplantation among patients with end-stage kidney disease. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025 Sep; 185:111878.
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Health equity in the era of large language models. Am J Manag Care. 2025 Mar; 31(3):112-117.
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State Policy Variation in Implementation of Federal Drug and Child Abuse Laws and Stigmatization of Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 May; 34(5):613-621.
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The experiences and perspectives of abortion seekers who travel for care: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 10 11; 10:CD015565.
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"Time and money and support": Adolescents and young adults' perceived social and logistical support needs for safe abortion care. Contraception. 2023 10; 126:110128.
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VA Outreach Is an Essential Area for Improving Veterans' Health Care Accessibility. Mil Med. 2023 Jul 22; 188(7-8):e2439-e2447.
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The costs and inequities of precision medicine for patients with prostate cancer: A call to action. Urol Oncol. 2023 09; 41(9):369-375.
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Developing a Community-Oriented and Place-Based Strategy to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Accessibility. Perm J. 2023 03 15; 27(1):103-112.
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Address Changes Are Associated With Unmet Glycemic Targets: Opportunities to Improve Processes and Outcomes of Care Among People With Type 2 Diabetes. Perm J. 2022 06 29; 26(2):1-10.