Sociodemographic differences in use of preventive services by women enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 738-745

  Morales, Leo S ^a,b   Rogowski, Jeannette ^a   Freedman, Vicki A ^c   Wickstrom, Steven L ^d   Adams, John L ^a   Escarce, José J ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Polisher Research Institute   (United States)

^d UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal cancer; Influenza; Mammography; Managed care; Medicare; Race; Screening; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MEDICARE; MEDICARE PART C; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4444274599     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.02.041     Document Type: Article

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