Receipt of Preventive Care Among Adults: Insurance Status and Usual Source of Care
American Journal of Public HealthPublished 1 May 2003Open access
Jennifer E. DeVoe, George E. Fryer, Robert L. Phillips, Larry Green
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Having a usual source of care and health insurance are both important to achieving national prevention goals.
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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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