health services accessibility

Preferred Label : health services accessibility;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : health services availability; accessibility of health services; access to health care; accessibility, health services; availability of health services; Access to Health Services; Access to Care; Access to Cares; Care, Access to; Cares, Access to; Access To Care, Health; Accessibilities, Health Services;

MeSH hyponym : program accessibility; health services geographic accessibility; contraceptive availability; Accessibility, Program; Availability, Contraceptive; Access to Therapies; Therapy, Access to; Access to Treatment; Access to Treatments; Treatment, Access to; Contraceptive Access; Access, Contraceptive; Contraceptive Accesses; Contraception Access; Access, Contraception; Access to Contraception; Access to Contraceptions; Contraception, Access to;

Related MeSH term : distances; locale; locales; distance; Access To Medicine; Access to Medications; Access to Medication; Medication, Access to; Medication Access; Access, Medication; Medication Accesses; Medicine, Access to; Medicines, Access to;

MeSH annotation : specify geographic term if pertinent; specify geographic location if pertinent; coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; specify geographic location if pertinent;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance;

Details

Origin ID

D006297;

UMLS CUI

C0018748;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- accessibility [Q-code]
Record concept(s)
- Access To Medicines [MeSH concept]
- Access to Therapy [MeSH concept]
- contraceptive availability [MeSH concept]
- health services accessibility [MeSH concept]
- health services geographic accessibility [MeSH concept]
- program accessibility [MeSH concept]
See also
- Equity in Access [DeCS]
- Equity in Access to Health Services [DeCS]
- medically underserved area [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- healthcare disparities [MeSH Descriptor]
- medical indigency [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Finding [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Access to Care [NCIt concept]
- accessibility [Q-code]

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