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 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2009 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2011 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2013 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 2016 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2017 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 2018 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2019 | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| 2020 | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| 2021 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 2022 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2023 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| 2024 | 20 | 19 | 39 |
| 2025 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.
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Increasing Access to Antiretroviral Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV in Infants, Children, and Youth in the United States: Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2025 Aug 01; 156(2).
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Drivers of Frequent Emergency Department Use in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Older Adults: A Qualitative Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Sep; 73(9):2808-2818.
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Stakeholder Perspectives of New Tailored Prenatal Care Delivery. Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Jul 17; 146(3):e64-e74.
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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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Social determinants of health and access to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 2025 Jun 19; 145(25):3041-3051.
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Health?Care Use by Immigrant Generation in Low-Income Children With Special Health Care Needs. Acad Pediatr. 2025 08; 25(6):102852.
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Site-Level Differences in the Provision of Telemental Health Care Within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Health Serv Res. 2025 Oct; 60(5):e14639.
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Experiences Receiving and Delivering Virtual Health Care For Women: Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. J Med Internet Res. 2025 May 15; 27:e68314.
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Future reproductive outcomes and contraceptive access in the first year postpartum after non-receipt of postpartum permanent contraception. Contraception. 2025 Aug; 148:110933.
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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.