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 224 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 20 publications in 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	3	0	3
2003	0	4	4
2004	4	1	5
2005	7	4	11
2006	3	3	6
2007	7	6	13
2008	3	7	10
2009	9	11	20
2010	8	5	13
2011	2	8	10
2012	6	4	10
2013	7	3	10
2014	5	3	8
2015	5	4	9
2016	6	6	12
2017	8	3	11
2018	4	9	13
2019	4	7	11
2020	10	8	18
2021	7	6	13
2022	1	8	9
2023	1	4	5

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

Webster JL, Goldstein ND, Rowland JP, Tuite CM, Siegel SD. A catchment and location-allocation analysis of mammography access in Delaware, US: implications for disparities in geographic access to breast cancer screening. Breast Cancer Res. 2023 Nov 08; 25(1):137.

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Dean LT, Zhang Y, McCleary RR, Dawit R, Thorpe RJ, Gaskin D. Health Care Expenditures for Black and White US Adults Living Under Similar Conditions. JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Nov 03; 4(11):e233798.

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Brush PL, Tomlak A, Pohl N, Lee Y, Narayanan R, Meade MH, Lambrechts MJ, Lawall CL, Weber J, Syal A, O'Connor P, Canseco JA, Kaye ID, Kurd MF, Vaccaro AR, Kepler CK, Hilibrand AS, Schroeder GD. Utilization of In-Hospital Orthopaedic Spine Consultations: Evaluating the Impact of Health Care Policy. Am J Med Qual. 2023 Nov 01; 38(6):300-305.

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Hong AL. Sharpening Our Focus on Chronic Disease, Access, and Equity. Popul Health Manag. 2023 08; 26(S1):S1.

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Lee KE, Sussberg JA, Nelson LB, Thuma TBT. The Medicaid Dilemma and Its Profound Effect on the Economic and Workforce Issues in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Ultimately on Access to Pediatric Eye Care. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2023 May; 60(3):170-177.

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Isenberg DL, Kraus CK, Henry KA, Ackerman D, Cooney DR, Brandler E, Kuc A, Nomura JT, Herres J, Sigal A, Simon K, Mylin J, Gentile NT. Evolution of endovascular stroke centers and disparities in access to stroke care in four Northeastern states: 2015-2019. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2023 Jan; 32(1):106874.

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Sifat MS, Tasnim N, Stoebenau K, Green KM. A qualitative exploration of university student perspectives on mindfulness-based stress reduction exercises via smartphone app in Bangladesh. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2022 Dec; 17(1):2113015.

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Besagar S, Yonekawa Y, Sridhar J, Finn A, Padovani-Claudio DA, Sternberg P, Patel S. Association of Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Health Care Access Disparities With Severe Visual Impairment in the US. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 12 01; 140(12):1219-1226.

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McDonnell J, Jarlenski M, Borrero S, Vinekar K. Association of Availability of State Medicaid Coverage for Abortion With Abortion Access in the United States. Obstet Gynecol. 2022 10 01; 140(4):623-630.

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Vinekar K, Jarlenski M, Meyn L, Chen BA, Achilles SL, Tyberg S, Borrero S. Early pregnancy confirmation availability at crisis pregnancy centers and abortion facilities in the United States. Contraception. 2023 Jan; 117:30-35.

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