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 453 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 32 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
1998	1	0	1
1999	2	1	3
2000	3	2	5
2001	3	1	4
2002	4	2	6
2003	4	7	11
2004	4	2	6
2005	9	6	15
2006	9	4	13
2007	8	7	15
2008	9	9	18
2009	8	7	15
2010	6	8	14
2011	13	5	18
2012	6	8	14
2013	9	4	13
2014	16	11	27
2015	14	17	31
2016	14	9	23
2017	16	13	29
2018	10	5	15
2019	16	5	21
2020	15	8	23
2021	8	13	21
2022	3	9	12
2023	3	13	16
2024	19	13	32
2025	18	10	28
2026	0	2	2

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

Misedah-Robinson L, Kinney RL, Tsai J. Provider and Veteran Perspectives on the Resources Needed to Mitigate Veteran Homelessness. J Community Psychol. 2026 Mar; 54(2):e70093.

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Rosen AK, Beilstein-Wedel E, Gurewich D, Davila H, Shwartz M. Examining Differences in Wait Times for Primary Care in the Veterans Health Administration by Race and Ethnicity: What Role Do Within-facility and Between-facility Differences Play? Med Care. 2026 Mar 01; 64(3):153-160.

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Ballinger Z, Aidlen J. Metabolic and bariatric surgery for adolescents: Progress and persistent challenges. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2025 Dec; 55(12):101890.

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Cote-L'Heureux AE, Chin DL. Political Boundaries, Health Care Gaps: The Link Between Gerrymandering and Federally Qualified Health Center Availability. Am J Public Health. 2026 Feb; 116(2):270-277.

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Rivera F, Stuckrath A, Elahi C, Benet A, Moser R. Strengthening neurosurgical care in Latin America: The Case for a regional framework. J Clin Neurosci. 2026 Jan; 143:111741.

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Wolkowicz NR, Musket CW, Sofuoglu M, Reilly ED, MacLean RR, Portnoy GA. U.S. Military Veteran Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. Subst Use Misuse. 2026; 61(6):858-870.

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Krawczyk N, Scott J, Miller M, Coulter A, Ferguson A, Frank D, Jordan A, Joudrey P, Kimmel SD, Levander XA, Potee R, Roberts KE, Russell D, Simon R, Sue KL, Suen LW, Vincent L, Voyles N, Simon C. Envisioning a Humane and Accessible US Methadone Treatment System: Generating Policy and Practice Recommendations From the Liberate Methadone Movement. Subst Use Addctn J. 2026 Apr; 47(2):316-325.

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Chen EW, Wu WC, Han L, Gandhi PU, Bastian LA, Brandt CA, Mattocks KM, Oen-Hsiao J, Varghese MS. Disparities in Geographic Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Socially Vulnerable Communities. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Oct 21; 14(20):e040815.

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Cooper KM, Patel AK, Colletta A, Mohamed K, Lim N, Wu W, Rajan A, Cheung A, Hasjim BJ, Tesfai K, Ajmera V, Wang K, Deutsch-Link S, Shroff H, Kwong AJ, Devuni D. Gender disparity in access to early liver transplant among patients with alcohol associated liver disease and limited sobriety is mediated by psychosocial factors. Liver Transpl. 2026 Mar 01; 32(3):388-399.

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Osborne LM, Appelbaum P, Watson K, Yonkers K, Burnett-Zeigler I, Epperson CN, Monk C, Wisner KL. US Abortion Restrictions and the Neuropsychiatric Health of Pregnant Individuals and Families. JAMA Psychiatry. 2025 Oct 01; 82(10):1025-1029.

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