title: [Health insurance users: self-reported morbidity and access to preventive tests according to a telephone survey, Brazil, 2008].
abstract: This article describes a telephone survey in 2008 to monitor non-communicable diseases. The study population consisted of adults (> 18 years of age) living in households with landline telephones in the 27 Brazilian State Capitals. The selected variables are presented according to health insurance coverage (yes/no), gender, and adjusted prevalence ratios between populations with and without health insurance. The results represent 54,353 persons 18 years or older, 41.8% of whom with health insurance. Health insurance coverage tended to increase with age and schooling. Compared to those without health insurance, men with health coverage were more likely to have a diagnosis of dyslipidemia, and women with coverage were more likely to have had a mammogram, Pap smear, and diagnosis of dyslipidemia and/or osteoporosis, besides showing less arterial hypertension and infrequent poor health status. This information is essential to support health promotion and prevention with appropriate programs.
authors.affiliation: Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, Brasil. dcmalta@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Deborah Carvalho
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Malta
authors.forename: Erly Catarina
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Fausto Pereira
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: dos Santos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D015995:Prevalence; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult