Effect of managed care insurance on the use of preventive care for specific ethnic groups in the United States

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 743-751

  Haas, Jennifer S ^a,b   Phillips, Kathryn A ^a   Sonneborn, Dean ^a   Mcculloch, Charles E ^b   Liang, Su Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Managed care plans; Prevention; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036717779     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200209000-00004     Document Type: Article

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