Article: Sending men the message about preventive care: an evaluation of communication strategies.

Use of Preventive Care Services, Beneficiary ...
Health Care Financing Review;  June 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... superior performance of HMOs in providing preventive care--both in the population at-large ... effective in promoting the regular use of preventive care services (Mandelson and Thompson ... contribute to HMO successes in the preventive care arena. Managed care enrollees typically ...

Article: Maternal Determinants of Pediatric Preventive Care ...
Journal of the National Medical Association;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... characteristics that were predictive of preventive care utilization among children 0-5 years ... compared black-white differences in preventive care usage. Mefhod: We used the 1996 ... Panel Survey (MEPS). Receipt of preventive care was defined as up-to-date immunization ...

Article: Distance to hospital and children's use of preventive ...
Economic Inquiry;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... effect of distance to hospital on preventive care among children using data from the ... insurance coverage in predicting use of preventive care. (JEL I1) ABBREVIATIONS COC: Centers ... to hospital on the utilization of preventive care among children. Many poor children ...

Article: Preventive-care practices among adults with ...
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  November 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... target for 2010 for both men (69.0%) and women ... However, for the other three preventive-care practices, no significant ... practices, the percentages for men and women were similar. Of the five preventive-care practices analyzed, 63 ...

Article: Prevalence of receiving multiple preventive-care ...
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  November 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... disease diagnosed (1). Recommended preventive-care services such as annual foot and eye ... diabetes receiving each of these three preventive-care services and the percentage receiving ... diabetes reported receiving all three preventive-care services; persons with recently diagnosed ...

Article: PREVENTIVE CARE AND INSURANCE COVERAGE
Contemporary Economic Policy;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... insurance model is that it uses more preventive care than indemnity insurance (Rolnick ... organizations (HMOs) are likely to pursue preventive care measures in an effort to reduce future ... If HMOs are more likely to provide preventive care, then individuals who value this ...

Article: Medical group finds preventive care 'acclaim'.
Patient Satisfaction & Outcomes Management;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Medical group finds preventive care acclaim New visit tool tracks preventive care needs HealthSystem Minnesota in Minneapolis ... every office visit as a chance to catch up on preventive care needs. With that new attitude, HealthSystems ...