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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Bar chart showing 449 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 31 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	1	2
2000	1	2	3
2001	2	2	4
2002	8	3	11
2003	5	5	10
2004	10	14	24
2005	10	8	18
2006	10	5	15
2007	20	6	26
2008	9	15	24
2009	18	10	28
2010	6	6	12
2011	9	15	24
2012	9	6	15
2013	8	17	25
2014	5	15	20
2015	12	11	23
2016	6	10	16
2017	14	10	24
2018	15	8	23
2019	9	6	15
2020	9	22	31
2021	6	10	16
2022	2	16	18
2023	3	6	9
2024	5	8	13

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

Dunn MR, Li D, Emerson MA, Thompson CA, Nichols HB, Van Alsten SC, Roberson ML, Wheeler SB, Carey LA, Hyslop T, Elston Lafata J, Troester MA. A latent class assessment of healthcare access factors and disparities in breast cancer care timeliness. PLoS Med. 2024 Dec; 21(12):e1004500.

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Yerram P, Edwards D, Norris KC, Molony D, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Landry DL. Practicing health equity in kidney care by establishing improved access to timely disease management and kidney replacement therapy options: from providers to patients. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2025 Jan 01; 34(1):48-54.

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Tsadik M, Teka H, Gebremichael MW, Gebretnsae H, Yemane A, Fisseha G, Gebregzabher T, Buruh G, Gebresellasie F, Tekie M, Kiros G, Mehari M, Tewelde B, Alemayehu Y, Tesfay FH, Godefay H. Armed conflict and maternal health service utilization in Ethiopia's Tigray Region: a community-based survey. BMC Public Health. 2024 Oct 16; 24(1):2840.

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Juarez MC, Shah JT, Lee N, Stevenson ML, Carucci JA, Criscito MC. Racial and ethnic differences in healthcare access and utilization among U.S. adults with melanoma and keratinocyte carcinomas in the NIH All of Us Research Program. Arch Dermatol Res. 2024 Oct 14; 316(10):686.

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Blegen MB, Faiz J, Gonzalez D, Nu?ez V, Harawa N, Briggs-Malonson M, Ryan G, Kahn KL. Qualitative perspectives of Medicaid-insured patients on ambulatory care at an academic medical center: challenges and opportunities. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Sep 27; 24(1):1139.

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Gibbs L, Shoai B, Becks A, Yan F, Mitchell-Leef D. Infertility care in an underserved population: A retrospective chart review of a resident-run clinic at an urban, public hospital. J Natl Med Assoc. 2024 Aug; 116(4):403-409.

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Camplain C, Camplain R. The Unmet Health Care Needs of Indigenous People Incarcerated in Tribal Jails. JAMA. 2024 07 23; 332(4):279-280.

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Sanborn J, Jones HE, Manze M, Twiste T, Freudenberg N. The Cumulative Impact of Unmet Essential Needs on Indicators of Attrition: Findings from a Public University Population-Based Sample of Students in the Bronx, NY. J Urban Health. 2024 Aug; 101(4):764-774.

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Zapata JP, Hurtado M, Avila AA, John SA, Rodriguez-Diaz CE, de St Aubin E. Factors Influencing Engagement Across the Motivational PrEP Cascade Among Latino SMM: A Mixed-Methods Analysis from the Perspectives of Community Providers and Latino SMM. AIDS Behav. 2024 Sep; 28(9):2926-2940.

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Kim J, Macharia PM, McCormack V, Foerster M, Galukande M, Joffe M, Cubasch H, Zietsman A, Anele A, Offiah S, Parham G, Pinder LF, Anderson BO, Sch?z J, Dos Santos-Silva I, Togawa K. Geospatial disparities in survival of patients with breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa from the African Breast Cancer-Disparities in Outcomes cohort (ABC-DO): a prospective cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Jul; 12(7):e1111-e1119.

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