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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	N04.590.374.350 N05.300.430
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 Health Services Geographic Accessibility Health Services Geographic Accessibility Program Accessibility Program Accessibility Accessibility, Program Contraceptive Availability Contraceptive Availability Availability, Contraceptive

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Health Services Accessibility".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Patient Care Management [N04.590]
Delivery of Health Care [N04.590.374]
Health Services Accessibility [N04.590.374.350]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Health Services Accessibility [N05.300.430]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Health Services Accessibility".

Health Services Accessibility
Health Equity

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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.

Bar chart showing 548 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 39 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	1	2	3
2001	2	2	4
2002	8	3	11
2003	7	6	13
2004	11	14	25
2005	14	8	22
2006	13	5	18
2007	23	6	29
2008	9	17	26
2009	20	11	31
2010	6	9	15
2011	10	16	26
2012	11	8	19
2013	8	19	27
2014	9	16	25
2015	12	11	23
2016	6	10	16
2017	16	11	27
2018	15	8	23
2019	10	6	16
2020	9	22	31
2021	8	11	19
2022	2	17	19
2023	4	7	11
2024	15	24	39
2025	14	16	30

Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.

Murillo K, Kitayama K, Yu F, Tseng VL, Coleman AL. Geographical barriers to surgical treatment for cataract among California Medicare beneficiaries. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2026 Jun 01; 52(6):544-550.

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Ward MK, Jafry A, Coleman S, Fernandez SB, Gwanzura T, Wagner EF. Barriers to Recovery from Opioid Use Disorder Reported by Women During 2020: Insights for the Next Public Health Emergency. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2026 Mar 23; 23(3).

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King DA, John KM, Tenner J, Nadella S, Zavadsky T, Carvino A, Khan S, Croocks R, McEvoy T, Beyer K, Mercieca R, Valente C, Bingham B, Cohn EG, Habowski AN, Tuveson DA, Barish MA, Carvajal RD. Computationally assisted patient finding for navigation to optimize pancreatic cancer care access. Oncologist. 2026 Mar 09; 31(4).

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Heer B, Shuman SJ, Brown M, Marshall M, Schmitter EJ, Lopez J, Pinn T, Compton-Gore K, Evans L, Camplain R. Access to physical activity among people incarcerated: Jail staff perceptions of gender, work opportunities, and physical space. Womens Health (Lond). 2026 Jan-Dec; 22:17455057261416302.

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Akinyemi O, Oyebanji O, Fasokun M, Abodunrin F, Ekwunazu C, Ogunyankin F, Oluborode B, Hughes K, Michael M, Williams R, Lawson S. Medicaid Expansion and Overall Mortality Among Women With Breast Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jan 02; 9(1):e2554512.

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Williams SA, Shriver RC, Juhala CC. Bridging the Gap: Health Education Needs Among Rural Populations with Chronic Illness and Low Health Literacy in Unincorporated Communities in Southern California. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Dec 23; 23(1).

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Ashaye A, Dang P, Adepoju OE. Utilization Patterns in an Urban Direct Primary Care Model: A Case Study. J Prim Care Community Health. 2025 Jan-Dec; 16:21501319251391011.

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Baltrus P, Li C, Douglas M, Gaglioti A, Mack D. Identifying Long Term All-Cause Mortality Trends in US Counties from 2011 to 2020 and Associated Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Primary Care Physicians Supply. J Prim Care Community Health. 2025 Jan-Dec; 16:21501319251396046.

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Korn SM, Dagnino F, Daniels D, Qian Z, Zurl H, Pohl KK, Hsieh MC, Hernandez BY, Piccolini A, Cole AP, Reich AJ, Weissman JS, Trinh QD, Iyer HS. Travel Time to Treating Facility and Mortality in Men With Prostate Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Dec 01; 8(12):e2546812.

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Shangani S, Sharma AR, Shourya S, Assoumou SA, Sales JM, Rodriguez-Diaz CE. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Cascade Outcomes Among Black Cisgender Women in the Southern United States. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2026 Feb; 40(2):68-77.

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