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 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2008 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2010 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2011 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2012 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 2014 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 2015 | 23 | 12 | 35 |
| 2016 | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 2017 | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| 2018 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 2019 | 23 | 23 | 46 |
| 2020 | 24 | 18 | 42 |
| 2021 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 2022 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2023 | 3 | 25 | 28 |
| 2024 | 16 | 27 | 43 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.
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Understanding the financial barriers to treatment among individuals with opioid use disorder: a focus group study. Harm Reduct J. 2024 Dec 20; 21(1):220.
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Abortion care preferences and trade-offs when traveling out-of-state for facility-based services: findings from a discrete choice experiment. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 18; 24(1):1573.
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Difficult to Treat Depression: Focus on Approach, Algorithms, and Access. J Clin Psychiatry. 2024 Nov 25; 85(4).
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Factors associated with successful FLOW implementation to improve mental health access: a mixed-methods study. Transl Behav Med. 2024 Nov 25; 14(12):693-702.
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Factors Influencing Guardians' Health-Seeking Decisions for Children With Burkitt Lymphoma in Northern and Central Malawi. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Feb; 72(2):e31442.
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Access to Treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Americas: A Call for Action. A Joint Perspective from the Brazilian Thoracic Society, Canadian Thoracic Society, Latin American Thoracic Society, and the American Thoracic Society. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Nov; 21(11):1463-1470.
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Global Workforce and Access: Demand, Education, Quality. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2024 Oct; 34(4):477-493.
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Proceedings of the 2024 Third Annual ASTCT-NMDP ACCESS Initiative Workshop. Transplant Cell Ther. 2024 Dec; 30(12):1124-1138.
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Project GIVE: using a virtual genetics service platform to reduce health inequities and improve access to genomic care in an underserved region of Texas. J Neurodev Disord. 2024 Sep 09; 16(1):52.
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Exploring global barriers to optimal ovarian cancer care: thematic analysis. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2024 Sep 02; 34(9):1408-1415.