Receipt of Preventive Care among Adults: Insurance Status and Usual Source of Care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 786-791

  DeVoe, Jennifer E ^a,b   Fryer, George E ^b   Phillips, Robert ^b   Green, Larry ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038656452     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.5.786     Document Type: Article

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