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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| 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 | 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 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2013 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 2021 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2022 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2023 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 2024 | 20 | 13 | 33 |
| 2025 | 22 | 10 | 32 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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Yakdan S, Joseph K, Poulin N, Arkam F, Moniz Garcia D, Cadieux M, Neuman B, Goodin BR, Godzik J, Steinmetz MP, Bydon M, Ghogawala Z, Hafez D, Ray WZ, Greenberg JK. Disparities in quality of life and health literacy among patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy: the influence of racial and ethnic factors in the All of Us Research Program. J Neurosurg Spine. 2026 Apr 03; 44(6):920-929.
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Jeung C, Goff SL, Pearlman J, Sarvet B, Geissler KH. Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Implementation and Behavioral Health Care for Children. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Apr 01; 9(4):e268890.
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Jaffe K, Evans EA. From Control to Care: Reframing Medication Access Policies Through Public Health Ethics. J Law Med Ethics. 2026; 54(1):95-97.
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Zogas A, Vimalananda VG, McCullough MB, Linsky AM, Chatelain LJ, Mattocks KM. A Qualitative Study of the Implementation of Referral Coordination for Specialty Care Referrals in the Veterans Health Administration. Med Care. 2026 May 01; 64(5):326-334.
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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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Gorman JA, Grigorian HL, Stevenson BJ, Pugh KE, Kaubrys MM, Leeman MA, Kane MI, Sinclair LB, Bewsey K. Connecting Rural Veterans: Community-Based Peer Social Interventions to Advance Health and Resource Access. J Rural Health. 2026 Mar; 42(2):e70169.