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MeSH Heading: Health Services Accessibility
Tree Number(s): N04.590.374.350; N05.300.430
Unique ID: D006297
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006297
Annotation: coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; specify geographic location if pertinent
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Version: HEALTH SERV ACCESS
Entry Term(s): Access To Care, Health; Access to Care; Access to Contraception; Access to Health Care; Access to Health Services; Access to Medications; Access to Medicines; Access to Therapy; Access to Treatment; Accessibility of Health Services; Accessibility, Health Services; Availability of Health Services; Contraception Access; Contraceptive Access; Contraceptive Availability; Health Services Geographic Accessibility; Medication Access; Program Accessibility
Previous Indexing: Delivery of Health Care (1971-1977); Health Services (1974-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/12
Revision Date: 2022/07/13

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

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Concept UI: M0009897
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Health Services Accessibility Preferred Term
Term UI T019086
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1978); Access To Care, Health
Term UI T001095449
Date01/22/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Access to Health Services
Term UI T001080751
Date05/15/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Access to Health Care
Term UI T019087
Date05/01/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Accessibility of Health Services
Term UI T019085
Date05/12/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1986); Accessibility, Health Services
Term UI T019084
Date03/06/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Availability of Health Services
Term UI T019083
Date05/12/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Access to Care
Term UI T001096418
Date02/04/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

Concept UI: M0009895
Terms: Contraceptive Availability Preferred Term
Term UI T019081
Date12/26/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1978); Access to Contraception
Term UI T001008227
Date02/21/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Contraceptive Access
Term UI T001008228
Date02/21/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Contraception Access
Term UI T001008229
Date02/21/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

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