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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2026 | 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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The Focus Forward Oklahoma Program: A description of the planning, development, and implementation of a statewide contraceptive access initiative. Contraception. 2026 Mar; 155:111354.
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Mental health and beliefs about abortion access following changes to reproductive healthcare laws in 2022: findings from Oklahoma. BMC Public Health. 2025 Dec 30; 25(1):4384.
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Planning for implementation scale-up of a medication for opioid use disorder program across rural Colorado: Ensuring fit to context. Eval Program Plann. 2026 Apr; 115:102749.
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Building Equitable Partnerships Between Industry Sponsors and Indigenous Communities to Enhance Engagement in Clinical Trials. Clin Ther. 2025 Nov; 47(11):981-991.
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Supporting Health Equity Through APRN Workforce Development: Strategies for Nursing Graduate Programs to Increase Access to Care in Underserved Areas. Inquiry. 2025 Jan-Dec; 62:469580251366933.
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Role of Telehealth in an Obstetrician-Gynecologist's Workplace. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2025 Dec; 52(4):711-721.
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Barriers and facilitators to integrated mental health and HIV care: administrator and provider perspectives. AIDS Care. 2025 Aug; 37(8):1261-1270.
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Healthcare professionals' perspectives on improving care coordination between palliative and cancer care for rural older adults: A qualitative study. J Geriatr Oncol. 2025 Sep; 16(7):102301.
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Emergency care utilization by refugee children compared to controls: A statewide database analysis. PLoS One. 2025; 20(2):e0318248.
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The dental needs of children with Epidermolysis Bullosa and service delivery: a scoping review. BMC Oral Health. 2024 Sep 27; 24(1):1131.