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 278 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 22 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	4	0	4
2003	0	4	4
2004	4	1	5
2005	7	4	11
2006	3	3	6
2007	7	6	13
2008	4	8	12
2009	10	11	21
2010	8	6	14
2011	2	9	11
2012	6	5	11
2013	9	4	13
2014	6	4	10
2015	9	4	13
2016	6	10	16
2017	10	4	14
2018	6	10	16
2019	6	8	14
2020	11	11	22
2021	11	7	18
2022	1	8	9
2023	1	4	5
2024	10	6	16

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

Zovich B, Freeland C, Moore H, Sapp K, Qureshi A, Jessop A, Holbert R, Borondy-Jenkins F, Plunkett Q, Cohen C. Identifying barriers to hepatitis B and delta screening, prevention, and linkage to care among people who use drugs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Harm Reduct J. 2024 Nov 15; 21(1):199.

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Zaidi AH, Alberts A, Chowdhury D, Beaty C, Brewer B, Chen MH, de Ferranti SD. Trends in Gaps of Care for Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: Implications for Social Determinants of Health and Child Opportunity Index. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Oct 15; 13(20):e034796.

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Arnold RW, Herlihy E, Strominger MB, Nelson LB. Fewer Pediatric Ophthalmologists and an Uneven Distribution Affect Access to Pediatric Care. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2024 Sep-Oct; 61(5):305-308.

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Nelson LB. Eye Mobile Units and Their Effect on Access to Pediatric Eye Care. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2024 Sep-Oct; 61(5):304.

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Denny VC, Appiah JA, Nadkarni VM, Dassah E, Gyimah Mensah E, Kwabena Adjei T, Amisah J, Nettey G, Owusu L, Woods-Hill CZ, Wolfe HA, James EJG, Ruhama Acheampong P. Barriers and facilitators when seeking healthcare for septic children in Ghana: a single-centre qualitative study of patient caregivers and emergency department clinicians. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Aug 21; 8(1).

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Kepper MM, Fowler LA, Kusters IS, Davis JW, Baqer M, Sagui-Henson S, Xiao Y, Tarfa A, Yi JC, Gibson B, Heron KE, Alberts NM, Burgermaster M, Njie-Carr VP, Klesges LM. Expanding a Behavioral View on Digital Health Access: Drivers and Strategies to Promote Equity. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Aug 01; 26:e51355.

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Foster AA, Hoffmann JA, Douglas MD, Monuteaux MC, Douglas KE, Benevides TW, Hudgins JD, Stewart AM. Comprehensiveness of State Insurance Laws and Perceived Access to Pediatric Mental Health Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Aug 01; 7(8):e2426402.

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Chowdhury D, Elliott PA, Asaki SY, Amdani S, Nguyen QT, Ronai C, Tierney S, Levy VY, Puri K, Altman CA, Johnson JN, Glickstein JS. Addressing Disparities in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease: A Call for Equitable Health Care. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jul 02; 13(13):e032415.

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Zaheer A, Qiu F, Manoragavan R, Madan M, Sud M, Mamas MA, Wijeysundera HC. Impact of Neighborhood Social Deprivation on Delays to Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Wait-Times and Clinical Consequences. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jun 18; 13(12):e032450.

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Yehia BR, Ibrahim SA. Equity in Access for Veterans in the VA Community Care Program. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Jun 07; 5(6):e241405.

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