 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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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2000 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2003 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2004 | 4 | 9 | 13 | | 2005 | 5 | 13 | 18 | | 2006 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2007 | 8 | 8 | 16 | | 2008 | 10 | 11 | 21 | | 2009 | 13 | 5 | 18 | | 2010 | 10 | 4 | 14 | | 2011 | 12 | 13 | 25 | | 2012 | 8 | 16 | 24 | | 2013 | 20 | 20 | 40 | | 2014 | 21 | 10 | 31 | | 2015 | 23 | 18 | 41 | | 2016 | 23 | 11 | 34 | | 2017 | 25 | 13 | 38 | | 2018 | 24 | 18 | 42 | | 2019 | 28 | 22 | 50 | | 2020 | 19 | 31 | 50 | | 2021 | 18 | 23 | 41 | | 2022 | 6 | 19 | 25 | | 2023 | 7 | 22 | 29 | | 2024 | 31 | 31 | 62 | | 2025 | 57 | 24 | 81 | | 2026 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.
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Hilton AE, Unser C, Kartik R, Greenberg A, Ewing AA, Kaphing MD, Grado L, Sheeder J, Guess MK. Comparative perspectives: a cross-sectional survey of key stakeholders regarding OB/GYN accessibility for women with disabilities. Front Public Health. 2026; 14:1812493.
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Ford CD, Cameron NA, Clark D, Derington CG, Hardy ST, Mattei J, Yarrington CD, Zoghby ZM, Garovic VD. Rural Health and Health Disparities in Hypertension Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Hypertension. 2026 Aug; 83(8):e00263.
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Combs KM, Racz SJ, Finigan-Carr NM, Taussig HN. Are non-parental supportive adults associated with indicators of contraceptive access for youth with child welfare involvement? Child Abuse Negl. 2026 Aug; 178:108172.
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Doan TT, Mueller HJ, Avanceña ALV, Peyyety V, Bensignor MO, Vajravelu ME. Cost-Effectiveness of Access to Obesity Care and Treatments for Adolescents. Child Obes. 2026 Sep; 22(6):379-388.
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Garcia-Creighton E, Thapar M, Felan NA, Garcia-Hernandez S, Tietbohl C, Kohn LL. Racially Minoritized Families' Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Pediatric Dermatology Care. JAMA Dermatol. 2026 Jun 01; 162(6):583-590.
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Huddleston H, Martinez J, Cook J, Trapp M, Chen NC, Schwander K, Moss S, Palkimas S. Assessing the impact of pharmacist-led interventions on glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist access and treatment outcomes. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2026 Jun; 32(6):651-659.
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Cunningham-Erves J, Minter F, Hull PC, Dempsey AF, DeMons A, Chalise M, Wilkins CH. An exploratory study to determine the feasibility and processes needed to implement the Immunization Neighborhood to increase HPV vaccination among African American adolescents and adolescents in the general population: A multi-partner perspective. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2026 Dec; 22(1):2661114.
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Weld JK, Day RT, Alizadeh F, Blossom J, Bailey D, Worthington S, Liu J, Ward VL, Teele SA, Newburger JW, Thiagarajan RR, Bucholz EM, Moynihan KM. Geospatial Access to Pediatric Cardiac and Cardiac-Surgical Services by Neighborhood-Level Determinants of Health. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 May 19; 15(10):e044518.
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Kinney AR, Nance M, Penzenik ME, Forster JE, Brenner LA. Providers' Perspectives Regarding Factors That Influence Access to Occupational Therapy in the Veterans Health Administration Inpatient Psychiatric Setting. Am J Occup Ther. 2026 May 01; 80(3).
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Achey RL, Manangan A, Fujii Y, Makhlouf M, Chekuri B, Gillespie E, O'Connor T, Bain M, Moore NZ, Hussain MS, Walker LR, Tee Lewis PG. Increasing risk of stroke with increased climate vulnerability: Assessing stroke burden and access to health care according to the climate vulnerability index in the United States. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2026 May; 35(5):108632.
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