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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2010 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2011 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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