Health Care

Health Services Accessibility

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.

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

41 entry terms
  • Access To Care, Health
  • Access to Care
  • Access to Health Care
  • Access to Health Services
  • Accessibility of Health Services
  • Accessibility, Health Services
  • Availability of Health Services
  • Access to Cares
  • Accessibilities, Health Services
  • Care, Access to
  • Cares, Access to
  • Health Services Availability
  • Access to Contraception
  • Access to Medications
  • Access to Medicines
  • Access to Therapy
  • Access to Treatment
  • Contraception Access
  • Contraceptive Access
  • Contraceptive Availability
  • Health Services Geographic Accessibility
  • Medication Access
  • Program Accessibility
  • Access to Contraceptions
  • Access to Medication
  • Access to Medicine
  • Access to Therapies
  • Access to Treatments
  • Access, Contraception
  • Access, Contraceptive
  • Access, Medication
  • Accessibility, Program
  • Availability, Contraceptive
  • Contraception, Access to
  • Contraceptive Accesses
  • Medication Accesses
  • Medication, Access to
  • Medicine, Access to
  • Medicines, Access to
  • Therapy, Access to
  • Treatment, Access to

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; specify geographic location if pertinent

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Previous Indexing

  • Delivery of Health Care (1971-1977)
  • Health Services (1974-1977)

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  1. N04w.590.374w.350
  2. N05.300w.430

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Health Services Accessibility. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006297. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006297
  2. Health Services Accessibility. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67075251