Research Guides: Health Services and Policy Research: Access to Care

Staying Current

This page focuses on finding information on healthcare access. The National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports can be found here: https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/index.html

PubMed @ U-M (with MGet It links) This link opens in a new window
The premier biomedical database, from the National Library of Medicine. Useful MeSH terms include health services accessibility, medically underserved area, health equity, healthcare disparities.
Global Health (CABI) This link opens in a new window
A public health database that includes information on health disparities, non-communicable diseases, food safety, & more.
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Search multiple ProQuest databases together, including Social Services Abstracts, Nursing & Allied Health Source, & ProQuest Research Library.
PsycInfo (APA) This link opens in a new window
Includes articles on heath care accessibility more broadly, as well as mental health care accessibility.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
A set of interdisciplinary databases, with more international literature than PubMed. Also good for cited reference searching.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
A set of interdisciplinary databases that allows you to search for social science, in addition to biological & health sciences. Also good for cited reference searching.