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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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2007 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2014 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2015 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2017 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2020 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 2021 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 2022 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2023 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.
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Medicaid Policy and Hepatitis C Treatment Among Rural People Who Use Drugs. Med Care. 2025 Feb 01; 63(2):77-88.
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Reimagining Neonatal Follow-Up: An Equitable Model of Care Emphasizing Family and Child Function. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2025 02; 72(1):93-109.
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Factors Associated With the Availability of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in US Jails. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 03; 7(9):e2434704.
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Accelerated Approval Program Versus NCCN Guidelines as Mechanisms for Early Drug Access. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2024 08; 22(6):435-436.
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An efficient approach to expand equitable access to antiobesity medications: deprescribing after weight loss plateau. Am J Manag Care. 2024 Aug; 30(8):348-350.
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Patient-Provider Communication and Access, Use, and Financial Burden of Care. Am J Prev Med. 2024 Nov; 67(5):740-745.
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Spatial inequities in access to medications for treatment of opioid use disorder highlight scarcity of methadone providers under counterfactual scenarios. PLoS Comput Biol. 2024 Jul; 20(7):e1012307.
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Effectiveness of the uChicago Health Inequity Classification System on surgical morbidity and mortality conference: A pilot study. Am J Surg. 2024 Oct; 236:115834.
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Accessibility of Naloxone in Pharmacies Registered Under the Illinois Standing Order. West J Emerg Med. 2024 Jul; 25(4):457-464.
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The Path Toward a More Equitable Transplant System: There Can Be No Improvement Without Measurement. JACC Heart Fail. 2024 Jul; 12(7):1288-1292.