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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2009 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2010 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2011 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2013 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2014 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 2016 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2017 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 2019 | 15 | 18 | 33 |
| 2020 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2022 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2023 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| 2024 | 17 | 21 | 38 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.
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Reasons to Access the Emergency Department by Patients Who Receive Palliative Home Care: A Scoping Review. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2025 Jul-Aug 01; 44(4):186-195.
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Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Services: An Innovative and Empowering Approach to Global Training and Equitable Care. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Apr 15; 14(8):e040003.
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How to democratize cell and gene therapy: A global approach. Mol Ther. 2025 May 07; 33(5):2082-2090.
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New models for the development of and access to CAR T-cell therapies for children and adolescents with cancer: an ACCELERATE multistakeholder analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2025 Apr; 26(4):e214-e224.
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Sociodemographic barriers in epilepsy surgery in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epilepsy Behav. 2025 Jun; 167:110391.
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Improving Maternal Postpartum Access to Care through Telemedicine (IMPACT): A multi-center randomized controlled trial of postpartum interventions to improve access and outcome. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 May; 152:107882.
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Perceived barriers to neurodevelopmental follow-up among cardiac neurodevelopmental outcome collaborative institutional and affiliated members. Cardiol Young. 2025 Apr; 35(4):756-762.
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Taking a shot at inequities in emergency response: COVID-19 pandemic spurs ongoing healthcare and community partnership to promote equity for children facing disaster. J Emerg Manag. 2025 Mar-Apr; 23(2):327-339.
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Multilevel barriers and supportive care preferences of metastatic breast cancer patients and their caregivers: a mixed-methods analysis. Support Care Cancer. 2025 Feb 11; 33(3):177.
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Virtual Clinic Diagnosis of Fractured Spinal Cord Stimulator Leads in a Patient Lacking Direct Physician Access - A Novel Case Report. Pain Med Case Rep. 2025 Feb; 9(1):33-36.