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 472 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 33 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	1	1	2
2000	3	2	5
2001	3	1	4
2002	4	2	6
2003	4	7	11
2004	4	3	7
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	14	5	19
2012	6	8	14
2013	10	4	14
2014	15	11	26
2015	14	17	31
2016	14	9	23
2017	16	12	28
2018	10	5	15
2019	16	5	21
2020	16	8	24
2021	8	13	21
2022	3	9	12
2023	1	13	14
2024	20	13	33
2025	21	10	31
2026	12	6	18

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

Paudel K, Gautam K, Pagoto S, Xu R, Wickersham JA, Altice FL, Bhusal S, Sujan MSH, Copenhaver M, Hong C, Shrestha R. Suicidal ideation, mental health services, and barriers to care among syringe services program clients who use opioids. PLoS One. 2026; 21(7):e0354745.

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Strnadov? I, Tso M, Loblinzk Refalo J, Roberts N, Danker J, Sarfaraz S, Boyle J, Terrill B, Halliburton C, Pantoja Mardones C, Hayes S, Hurd S, King C, Barlow-Stewart K, Evans E, Leonard H, Mar Fan H, Rodgers J, Vella Y, McGaughran J, Best S, Turbitt E, Scully JL, Pratt G, Palmer EE. Building genetic healthcare together: an Australian co-production three-phase mixed-methods research protocol with people with intellectual disability. BMJ Open. 2026 Jul 10; 16(7):e110086.

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Trivedi M, Kaufmann J, Pereira H, McGrath BM, Marino M, Spano M, Lucas JA, Broder-Fingert S, Arenson M, Garg A, Heintzman J. Characteristics of Children Seeking Care at School-Based Health Centers. J Am Board Fam Med. 2026 Jul; 39(1).

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Zinter KE, Burns R, Pinnette E, Legare TB, McNeill SC, Sedelow AL, Moseley J, Snow J, Alexander LM, Stakeman RM, Foster AB. No Roadblocks: How Mobile Primary Care Navigates Barriers to Health Access. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2026 Jun 30; 23(7).

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Liu CK, Achuck K, Cobbs LV, Momenaei B, Cai LZ, Zafar S, Soares RR, Yonekawa Y. Geographic Access to Pediatric Retina Specialists in the United States. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2026 Jul; 57(7):441-447.

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Ball A, Lee CM, Tripp P, Sarvet B, Congdon J. Substance Use Services at Child Psychiatry Access Programs. J Adolesc Health. 2026 Aug; 79(2):282-285.

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Kramer KZ, Kotagal M. Post Hospital Surgical Disparities. Surg Clin North Am. 2026 Jun; 106(3):403-410.

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Goff SL, Qasba N, Versace A, Detterman C, Winston L, Gebhardt L, Council T, Fennell L, Attanasio L. Implementation of a Community Doula-Hospital Partnership to Improve Access to Linguistically and Racially Concordant Doula Care for Black Birthing People. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2026 Jul-Aug; 71(4):600-609.

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Williams A, Alouidor R. Inhospital Surgical Disparities. Surg Clin North Am. 2026 Jun; 106(3):391-401.

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Griffin AC, Gray C, Ngo V, Chaudhary C, Shimada SL, Midboe AM, Zulman DM. Supporting Access to Care Through Peripheral Devices and Patient-Generated Health Data: Qualitative Study. J Med Internet Res. 2026 Apr 06; 28:e88405.

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