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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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2019 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2023 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Services Accessibility" by people in Profiles.
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Ricketts A, Bakula DM, Edwards S, Nash K, Escobar A, Graham R, Thompson R, Bullard S, Brogren J, Feldman K, Erickson LA. Missed Opportunities in Pediatric Feeding Clinic: A Multivariate Analysis. J Pediatr Health Care. 2025; 39(6):882-889.
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Miller MK, Barral R, Noel-Macdonnell J, Goggin K, Hays CN, McNeill-Johnson A, Hurley EA. Developing and piloting an intervention to increase adolescent access to sexual and reproductive healthcare: a mixed-methods study. Health Educ Res. 2025 Aug 12; 40(5).
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Serrano F, Willen EJ, de Thomas EM, Guffey D, Plummer S, Goldberg CS, Monteiro S. Perceived barriers to neurodevelopmental follow-up among cardiac neurodevelopmental outcome collaborative institutional and affiliated members. Cardiol Young. 2025 Apr; 35(4):756-762.
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Bokova E, Elhalaby I, Svetanoff WJ, Lawal TA, Levitt MA, Lim IIP, Rentea RM. Global Strategies for Postoperative Care and Bowel Management in Patients With Anorectal Malformations: Varied Practices and Barriers. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Dec; 59(12):161697.
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Wooten S, Hurley E, Schuetz N, Miller MK, Rodean J, Rupe E, Lewis K, Boncoeur MD, Masonbrink AR. Barriers to pregnancy prevention for adolescents in rural Haiti: perceptions of healthcare providers. BMC Womens Health. 2024 May 22; 24(1):305.
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Chiccarelli E, North S, Pasternak RH. Innovative Strategies for Addressing Adolescent Health in Primary Care Through Telehealth. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2024 08; 71(4):693-706.
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Weitzman C, Nadler C, Blum NJ, Augustyn M. Health Care for Youth With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: A Consensus Statement. Pediatrics. 2024 May 01; 153(5).
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Cohen ASA, Berrios CD, Zion TN, Barrett CM, Moore R, Boillat E, Belden B, Farrow EG, Thiffault I, Zuccarelli BD, Pastinen T. Genomic Answers for Kids: Toward more equitable access to genomic testing for rare diseases in rural populations. Am J Hum Genet. 2024 05 02; 111(5):825-832.
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Pathak SJ, Attard T, Hall M, Arain M, Heyman MB, Perito ER. Availability and utilization of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography at children's hospitals. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2024 May; 78(5):1180-1189.
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Krager MK, Bettenhausen JL, Beck AF. Moving toward equitable access to both opportunity and health. J Hosp Med. 2024 02; 19(2):151-152.
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