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 478 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	15	12	27
2018	10	5	15
2019	17	5	22
2020	16	8	24
2021	8	13	21
2022	2	9	11
2023	1	13	14
2024	20	13	33
2025	22	10	32
2026	14	10	24

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

de Lima ROM, Silva ER, Emmerick ICM, de Souza Serio Dos Santos DM, Godói IPD, Campos ACV, Chaves LA. Trends in Medicines Discontinuation and Implications for Access in Brazil (2014-2024). Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2026 Sep; 35(9):e70458.

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Evans LA, Jaffe K, LeClair AM, Batchelder AW, Socrates B, Thomas CM, Wurcel AG, Evans EA. Street-level bureaucracy and relational autonomy in HIV status-neutral care implementation: A study of jail staff and incarcerated individuals. Soc Sci Med. 2026 Oct; 406:119673.

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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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Strnadová 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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Losos WR, Wang B, Fisher K, O'Connor L, Soni A, Gerber BS. Variation in Telehealth Use in a National Home Test-to-Treat Program for Acute Respiratory Infections. Telemed J E Health. 2026 Oct; 32(10):1029-1038.

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Bailey A, Kang AW, Martin RA. Advancing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: A Narrative Review of Evidence-Based Solutions to Systems-Level Barriers in the US. Subst Use Addctn J. 2026 Oct; 47(4):1244-1256.

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Chamberlin ES, Shirk SD, Ngo V, Marfeo E, Venegas M, Cruise C, Hicken B, Moo LR. Urban Versus Rural Differences in Services Requested, Received, and Interest Expressed Among Informal Caregivers of Older U.S. Veterans. J Rural Health. 2026 Jun; 42(3):e70218.

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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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