Health Services Accessibility
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Nursing advocacy in a postgenomic age.

29 Nov 2009 The Human Genome Project will change how health is defined and how disease is prevented, diagnosed, and treated. As the largest group of health care providers in contact with patients, nurses need to be competent in the science of genetics. Beyond ... Read more...

State Medicaid coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments - United States, 2007.

4 Nov 2009 The prevalence of tobacco use among adults in the United States has been reduced by half since the 1960s. Despite this progress, low-income populations, such as Medicaid enrollees, continue to smoke at substantially higher rates than the general ... Read more...

Mental health disparities.

30 Oct 2009 Mental health disparities have received increased attention in the literature in recent years. After considering 165 different health disparity conditions, the Federal Collaborative for Health Disparities Research chose mental health disparity as ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Services Accessibility'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nursing advocacy in a postgenomic age. 29 Nov 2009
• Strategic approaches to decrease breast milk transmission of HIV-1: the importance of small things. 13 Nov 2009
• State Medicaid coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments - United States, 2007. 4 Nov 2009
• Universal access not a dream. 30 Oct 2009
• Mental health disparities. 30 Oct 2009
• Mobilising the community in the fight against HIV/AIDS. 29 Oct 2009
• Geographic access to burn center hospitals. 26 Oct 2009
• Equity and NHS reforms. What about independent sector treatment centres? 19 Oct 2009
• Barriers to the care of HIV-infected children in rural Zambia: a cross-sectional analysis. 14 Oct 2009
• Predictors of delayed referral to a pediatric rheumatology center. 13 Oct 2009
• Access to legal abortion is needed to help cut 70,000 deaths a year. 12 Oct 2009
• Surgical tourism: some US patients travel abroad for less costly surgery. 12 Oct 2009
• Comprehensive strategy towards delivering better communications and better health care to non-English speaking New Zealanders? 7 Oct 2009
• Utilisation of inpatient cardiology services including by Maori: a study of hospital discharges for patients enrolled with Partnership Health practices for the 2 years ending June 2007. 7 Oct 2009
• Where has carotid stenting gone? 7 Oct 2009
• Microbicides development programme: engaging the community in the standard of care debate in a vaginal microbicide trial in Mwanza, Tanzania. 7 Oct 2009
• How health care reform can benefit children and adolescents. 5 Oct 2009
• UN seeks to boost access to health care for millions of refugees and internally displaced people. 5 Oct 2009
• Applying health care reform principles to mental health and substance abuse services. 5 Oct 2009
• Realising the human right to health. Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Services Accessibility'

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.

Descriptor UI: D006297

Alternative terms: Health Services Accessibility; Accessibility, Health Services; Access to Health Care; Availability of Health Services; Health Services Availability; Accessibility of Health Services; Program Accessibility; Accessibility, Program; Locale; Locales; Contraceptive Availability; Availability, Contraceptive; Distance; Distances;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N04.590.374.350; N05.300.430;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: specify geog; DF: HEALTH SERV ACCESS