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. 2003 May;93(5):786-91.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.5.786.

Receipt of preventive care among adults: insurance status and usual source of care

Jennifer E DeVoe  1 , George E Fryer, Robert Phillips, Larry Green
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Receipt of preventive care among adults: insurance status and usual source of care

Jennifer E DeVoe et al. Am J Public Health. 2003 May.

Abstract

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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