Prevalence and correlates of physician advice for prevention: impact of type of insurance and regular source of care.
Although managed care penetration continues to grow, little is known about the relationship between managed care and the provision of preventive health services. In this paper the "behavioral model of health services utilization" is used to conceptualize and explore this relationship, and to examine: (1) the prevalence of physician advice for prevention of cardiovascular disease, (2) the relationship between predisposing, enabling, and need characteristics and physician advice, and (3) the impact of insurance type and regular source of care on receipt of physician advice.
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Prevention Research Center, Saint Louis University, MO, USA.
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Housemann
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Loiterstein
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Brownson
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003376:Counseling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States