Receipt of preventive care among adults: insurance status and usual source of care
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Objectives This study ascertained the separate and combined effects of having insurance and a usual source of care on receiving preventive services. Methods Descriptive and multivariate analyses of 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data were conducted. Results Receipt of preventive services was strongly associated with insurance and a usual source of care. Significant differences were found between insured adults with a usual source of care, who were most likely to have received services, compared with uninsured adults without regular care, who were least likely to have received services. Those with either a usual source of care or insurance had intermediate levels of preventive services. Conclusions Having a usual source of care and health insurance are both important to achieving national prevention goals.
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Insured participants from the 1996 MEPS survey who had a usual source of care were over four times as likely to have their blood pressure or cholesterol checked compared to those who were uninsured and had no usual source of care.
“Insured participants from the 1996 MEPS survey who had a usual source of care were over four times as likely to have their BP or cholesterol checked compared to those who were uninsured and had no usual source of care [28].”
From Income disparity and utilization of cardiovascular preventive care services among U.S. adults (2021) · cites this paper as [28]
Other studies have shown disparity in utilization of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force-supported preventive care services such as blood pressure and cholesterol screening based on insurance status, though not necessarily based on income.
“Other studies have shown the disparity in utilization of preventive care services supported by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force such as BP and cholesterol screening based on insurance status, though not necessarily based on income [27,28].”
From Income disparity and utilization of cardiovascular preventive care services among U.S. adults (2021) · cites this paper as [28]
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- Authors
- DeVoe, J. E., Fryer, G. E., Phillips, R., & Green, L.
- Affiliations
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 2003-05
- Volume
- 93
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 786-791
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
- PMC
- PMC1447840
- OpenAlex
- W2115614768
- Cited by
- 374
- References
- 47
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- FWCI
- 14.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Healthcare Policy and Management
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Keywords
- preventive medicine, health insurance, usual source of care, uninsured adults, health care access
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Continuity of Patient Care, Cross-Sectional Studies, Ethnicity, Health Expenditures, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Insurance, Health, Male, Middle Aged, Preventive Health Services, United States, Multivariate Analysis, Medically Uninsured, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution, Insurance Coverage, Health Care Surveys
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