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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 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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Neighborhood sociome factors and pediatric asthma exacerbations: Protective role of tree crown density and importance of pharmacy access in Chicago's south side. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2025 Jul; 36(7):e70127.
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Sleep, mental health, and access to health care of women truck drivers. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2024 Jan 01; 36(1):38-45.
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Social Determinants of Health and COVID-19. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2023 11; 11(11):3347-3355.
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Changes in Telehealth Experienced by Advanced Practice RNs During COVID-19: US Survey Results. Comput Inform Nurs. 2023 Jul 01; 41(7):507-513.
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Disparities in Sports Medicine Health Care Access in Illinois High Schools: Access to Team Physicians, Athletic Trainers, and Automated External Defibrillators. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2023 Mar 01; 22(3):70-72.
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Engaging rural communities to incorporate social determinants in developing strategies to improve access to health care in the Missouri Bootheel counties. Rural Remote Health. 2023 01; 23(1):7678.
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Assessing Changes in Insurance Status and Access to Care Among Patients Attending Chicago Sexually Transmitted Infection Specialty Clinics From 2013 to 2019. Sex Transm Dis. 2023 Mar 01; 50(3):161-166.
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PAs go beyond for their patients while improving access to care. JAAPA. 2022 10 01; 35(10):10-11.
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HIV and Aging in the Era of ART and COVID-19: Symposium Overview. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 02 01; 89(Suppl 1):S3-S9.
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Expanding Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Through Incentivized Continuing Education. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2022 01 01; 42(1):e102-e105.