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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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2004 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 2005 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2006 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2007 | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| 2008 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 2009 | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| 2010 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2011 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 2012 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2013 | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 2014 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 2016 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2019 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2020 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.
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Baltrus PT, Douglas M, Li C, Caplan LS, Blount M, Mack D, Gaglioti AH. Percentage of Black Population and Primary Care Shortage Areas Associated with Higher COVID-19 Case and Death Rates in Georgia Counties. South Med J. 2021 02; 114(2):57-62.
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Melin K, Santiago Quiñones D, Rodríguez-Díaz CE. Socially distant and out of reach: Unintended consequences of COVID-19 prevention efforts on transgender and gender non-binary populations in Puerto Rico. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021 03; 122:108209.
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Tan TQ, Kullar R, Swartz TH, Mathew TA, Piggott DA, Berthaud V. Location Matters: Geographic Disparities and Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019. J Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 13; 222(12):1951-1954.
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Thiessen K, Usery JB, Lopez-Candales A. Pharmacists as Frontline Responders During COVID-19: Roles and Responsibilities Need to be Revisited. J Ambul Care Manage. 2020 Oct/Dec; 43(4):312-316.
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Guillaume D, Chandler R, Igbinoba S. Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Living With HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2020 Sep-Oct; 31(5):497-516.
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Rodriguez-Rabassa M, Hernandez R, Rodriguez Z, Colon-Echevarria CB, Maldonado L, Tollinchi N, Torres-Marrero E, Mulero A, Albors D, Perez-Morales J, Flores I, Dutil J, Jim H, Castro EM, Armaiz-Pena GN. Impact of a natural disaster on access to care and biopsychosocial outcomes among Hispanic/Latino cancer survivors. Sci Rep. 2020 06 25; 10(1):10376.
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Molina T, Sentell T, Akee RQ, Onaka A, Halliday TJ, Horiuchi B. The Mortality Effects of Reduced Medicaid Coverage Among International Migrants in Hawaii: 2012-2018. Am J Public Health. 2020 08; 110(8):1205-1207.
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Flores AB, Collins TW, Grineski SE, Chakraborty J. Disparities in Health Effects and Access to Health Care Among Houston Area Residents After Hurricane Harvey. Public Health Rep. 2020 Jul/Aug; 135(4):511-523.
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Melish JS. Covid-19 and Diabetes in Hawaii. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2020 Jul; 14(4):756-757.
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Yeh VM, Bergner EM, Bruce MA, Kripalani S, Mitrani VB, Ogunsola TA, Wilkins CH, Griffith DM. Can Precision Medicine Actually Help People Like Me? African American and Hispanic Perspectives on the Benefits and Barriers of Precision Medicine. Ethn Dis. 2020; 30(Suppl 1):149-158.