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 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2004 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 2005 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2006 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2007 | 20 | 5 | 25 |
| 2008 | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 2009 | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2011 | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 2012 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2013 | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2015 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 2016 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2017 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| 2019 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2020 | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 2021 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2022 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.
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Lindly OJ, Henderson DE, Vining CB, Running Bear CL, Nozadi SS, Bia S. "Know Your Children, Who They Are, Their Weakness, and Their Strongest Point": A Qualitative Study on Din? Parent Experiences Accessing Autism Services for Their Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 04 14; 20(8).
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DeClercq C, Gharipour M, Mohagheghi S, Tot Bui A, Hemme NW, Johnson E. A Novel Approach to Locating Community Clinics to Promote Health Care Accessibility and Reduce Health Disparities in Baltimore, Maryland. Inquiry. 2023 Jan-Dec; 60:469580221135953.
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de la Rocha P, Sudhinaraset M, Jones NV, Kim C, Cabral A, Amani B. A Qualitative Analysis on Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs and Issues During COVID-19 Using a Reproductive Justice Framework. Ethn Dis. 2022; 32(4):357-372.
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Tsuzaki K, Taira D. Forgone Health Care for Non-COVID-19-Related Needs Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Summer 2020-Winter 2021. Prev Chronic Dis. 2022 10 13; 19:E64.
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Lipton BJ, Decker SL, Stitt B, Finlayson TL, Manski RJ. Association Between Medicaid Dental Payment Policies and Children's Dental Visits, Oral Health, and School Absences. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 09 02; 3(9):e223041.
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Elam AR, Tseng VL, Coleman AL. Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care: Where Do We Go from Here? Ophthalmology. 2022 10; 129(10):1077-1078.
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Elam AR, Tseng VL, Rodriguez TM, Mike EV, Warren AK, Coleman AL. Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care. Ophthalmology. 2022 10; 129(10):e89-e113.
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Graham L, Ngwa J, Ntekim O, Ogunlana O, Johnson S, Nadarajah S, Fungwe TV, Turner J, Ruiz MR, Khan J, Obisesan TO. The Role of Transportation in the Enrollment of Elderly African Americans into Exercise and Memory Study: GEMS Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 08; 10(4):1837-1845.
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Ramke J, Zhao J, Wilson O, Lee A, Dakin S, Watene R, Cunningham W, Harwood M, Black J. Geographic access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: which communities are being left behind? Clin Exp Optom. 2023 03; 106(2):158-164.
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Wang KM, Tseng VL, Liu X, Pan D, Yu F, Baker R, Mondino BJ, Coleman AL. Association Between Geographic Distribution of Eye Care Clinicians and Visual Impairment in California. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 06 01; 140(6):577-584.