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Domain 7 focuses on the population’s access to needed health care services. An important role of public health is the assessment of the population’s access to health care services and the capacity of the health care system to meet the health care needs of the population. Public health also has a role in efforts to increase access to needed health care services, particularly primary care. The focus of this Domain is not on health care or clinical services that the health department may provide directly, though those services are part of the analysis of access to health care.