Do medicare patients with disabilities receive preventive services? A population-based study

Objective: To compare health maintenance procedure rates of Medicare patients with different levels of disability. Study Design: Observational study analyzing data from the 1995 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS, n = 15,590). Self-reported Pap smears, mammograms, and influenza and pneumococc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1999-06, Vol.80 (6), p.642-646
Hauptverfasser:	Chan, Leighton, Doctor, Jason N., MacLehose, Richard F., Lawson, Herschel, Rosenblatt, Roger A., Baldwin, Laura-Mae, Jha, Amitabh
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial Vaccines Biological and medical sciences Disabled Persons Female Health Maintenance Organizations Humans Influenza Vaccines Mammography - statistics & numerical data Medical sciences Medicare Papanicolaou Test Prevention and actions Preventive Health Services - statistics & numerical data Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...) Streptococcus pneumoniae - immunology United States Vaccination - statistics & numerical data Vaginal Smears - statistics & numerical data
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective: To compare health maintenance procedure rates of Medicare patients with different levels of disability. Study Design: Observational study analyzing data from the 1995 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS, n = 15,590). Self-reported Pap smears, mammograms, and influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations were compared between groups with different levels of health-related difficulties in six activities of daily living (ADL). Results: Compared to those without disabilities, the most severely disabled women (limitations in 5 or 6 ADL) reported fewer Pap smears (age ≤70, 23% vs 41%, p
ISSN:	0003-9993 1532-821X
DOI:	10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90166-1