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Article: Self-assessed health status and selected behavioral risk factors among persons with and without health-care coverage - United States, 1994-1995.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- March 13, 1998
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Persons without health-care coverage are more likely to have poor health and be at greater risk for chronic disease outcomes than persons who have health-care coverage[1]. In the United States, the number of persons and the proportion of the population without health-care coverage has increased each year since 1987[2]. State-specific surveillance of health-care coverage can be used to identify subgroups of the population who lack such coverage and may be at increased risk for poor health. To determine state-specific estimates of the prevalence of self-assessed health status and risk factors for chronic disease by health-care coverage status among adults aged 18-64 years, ...