Women's Use of Preventive Screening Services: A Comparison of HMO Versus Fee-for-Service Enrollees

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 176-199

  Weinick, Robin M ^a   Beauregard, Karen M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031151940     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107755879705400205     Document Type: Article

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