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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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 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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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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International consensus-based policy recommendations to advance universal palliative care access from the American Academy of Nursing Expert Panels. Nurs Outlook. 2022 Jan-Feb; 70(1):36-46.
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The Financial Impact of a Partnership Between an Academic Medical Center and a Free Clinic. Am J Med. 2021 11; 134(11):1389-1395.e4.
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Strategies to increase the use of mother's own milk for infants at risk of necrotizing enterocolitis. Pediatr Res. 2020 08; 88(Suppl 1):21-24.
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Parkinson's Disease in African Americans: A Review of the Current Literature. J Parkinsons Dis. 2020; 10(3):831-841.
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"Now that you've got that coverage": Promoting use of a regular source of primary care among homeless persons. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2019 Nov 13; 33(2):158-166.
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The relationship between disability prejudice and medicaid home and community-based services spending. Disabil Health J. 2019 07; 12(3):359-365.
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Psychiatric comorbidities go untreated in patients with epilepsy: Ignorance or denial? Epilepsy Behav. 2019 09; 98(Pt B):306-308.