Patient Acceptance of Health Care

"Patient Acceptance of Health Care" 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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Patients' willingness to receive health care.

Descriptor ID	D010342
MeSH Number(s)	F01.100.150.750.500 F01.145.488.887.500 N05.300.150.800.500
Concept/Terms	Patient Acceptance of Health Care Patient Acceptance of Health Care Health Care Utilization Utilization, Health Care Patient Acceptance of Healthcare Healthcare Patient Acceptance Healthcare Patient Acceptances Nonacceptors of Health Care Nonacceptors of Health Care Care Nonacceptor, Health Care Nonacceptors, Health Health Care Nonacceptor Health Care Nonacceptors Health Care Seeking Behavior Health Care Seeking Behavior Acceptors of Health Care Acceptors of Health Care Care Acceptor, Health Care Acceptors, Health Health Care Acceptor Health Care Acceptors Acceptability of Health Care Acceptability of Health Care Health Care Acceptability Acceptability of Healthcare Healthcare Acceptabilities Healthcare Acceptability

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient Acceptance of Health Care".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Attitude [F01.100]
Attitude to Health [F01.100.150]
Treatment Adherence and Compliance [F01.100.150.750]
Patient Acceptance of Health Care [F01.100.150.750.500]
Behavior [F01.145]
Health Behavior [F01.145.488]
Treatment Adherence and Compliance [F01.145.488.887]
Patient Acceptance of Health Care [F01.145.488.887.500]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Attitude to Health [N05.300.150]
Treatment Adherence and Compliance [N05.300.150.800]
Patient Acceptance of Health Care [N05.300.150.800.500]

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Bar chart showing 314 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 34 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	2	0	2
1996	3	0	3
1997	1	3	4
1998	2	0	2
1999	0	2	2
2000	1	2	3
2001	1	0	1
2002	2	1	3
2003	4	3	7
2004	4	1	5
2005	1	1	2
2006	1	4	5
2007	2	1	3
2008	5	6	11
2009	6	3	9
2010	7	4	11
2011	7	1	8
2012	7	4	11
2013	8	3	11
2014	6	3	9
2015	13	3	16
2016	15	5	20
2017	8	7	15
2018	14	8	22
2019	19	15	34
2020	22	11	33
2021	12	8	20
2022	1	2	3
2023	1	16	17
2024	11	11	22

Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Acceptance of Health Care" by people in Profiles.

Atuhaire B, Muteebwa L, Nabunya R, Muhindo R, Ngabirano TD, Osingada CP, Muwanguzi PA. Brief Communication:?Factors associated with willingness to use long-acting injectable Cabotegravir for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among female undergraduate students at a Ugandan university. AIDS Res Ther. 2024 Dec 20; 21(1):95.

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Shippee TP, Bucy TI, Parikh RR, Wolf JM, Shewmaker P, Mulcahy JF, Skarphol T, Giordano S, Isvan N, Jutkowitz E. Service Utilization and Consumer-Reported Unmet Needs in Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults. J Aging Soc Policy. 2025; 37(5):817-831.

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DerSarkissian M, Arondekar B, Gupta D, Ivanova J, Niyazov A, Zanardo E, Guo T, Wang J, Duh MS, Freedland SJ. Racial Differences in Survival and Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Medicaid-Insured Adults With Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2025 Apr; 23(2):102291.

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Ezeonu T, Narayanan R, Huang R, Lee Y, Kern N, Bodnar J, Goodman P, Labarbiera A, Canseco JA, Kurd MF, Kaye ID, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Kepler CK, Schroeder GD. Higher socioeconomic status is associated with greater rates of surgical resource utilization prior to spine fusion surgery. Spine J. 2025 Apr; 25(4):631-639.

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Mu Y, Dashtban A, Mizani MA, Tomlinson C, Mohamed M, Ashworth M, Mamas M, Priedon R, Petersen S, Kontopantelis E, Horstmanshof K, Pagel C, Hocaoglu M, Khunti K, Williams R, Thygesen J, Lorgelly P, Gomes M, Heightman M, Banerjee A. Healthcare utilisation of 282,080 individuals with long COVID over two years: a multiple matched control, longitudinal cohort analysis. J R Soc Med. 2024 11; 117(11):369-381.

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Kim HJ, Griffith KA, Ricciardi R, Le D, Glenn A, Cameron V, Juon HS. Exploring disparities in healthcare utilization, cancer care experience, and beliefs about cancer among asian and hispanic cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Oct 30; 32(11):756.

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Cammy R, Banks J, Vaughan-Briggs C, Garber G, Pantilat S, Worster B. A descriptive study of the connections between social risk and healthcare utilization with supportive oncology care. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2025; 43(4):481-495.

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Carlton EF, Rahman M, Maddux AB, Weiss SL, Prescott HC. Frequency of and Risk Factors for Increased Healthcare Utilization After Pediatric Sepsis Hospitalization. Crit Care Med. 2024 Nov 01; 52(11):1700-1709.

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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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Sharma S, Stansbury R, Srinivasan P, Rojas E, Quan SF, Olgers K, Knollinger S, Seol C, Hardison M, Thompson J, Hansen N, Wen S. Early recognition and treatment of OSA in hospitalized patients and its impact on health care utilization in rural population: a real-world study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 Aug 01; 20(8):1313-1319.

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