Intermittent Lack of Health Insurance Coverage and Use of Preventive Services

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11025976
AutoresJoseph J Sudano (Joseph J. Sudano Jr is with the Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University at the MetroHealth System, and the Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio. David W. Baker is with the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.), David W Baker (0000-0001-7349-7554, Joseph J. Sudano Jr is with the Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University at the MetroHealth System, and the Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio. David W. Baker is with the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.)
Año2003
Volumen93
Número1
Páginas130-137
Fecha de publicación2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.93.1.130
PMID12511402
OpenAlexW2165038399
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26
Referencias citadas20

Objectives. This study examined the association between intermittent lack of health insurance coverage and use of preventive health services. Methods. Analyses focused on longitudinal data on insurance status and preventive service use among a national sample of US adults who participated in the Health and Retirement Study. Results. Findings showed that, among individuals who obtain insurance coverage after histories of intermittent coverage, relatively long periods may be necessary to reestablish clinically appropriate care patterns. Increasing periods of noncoverage led to successively lower rates of use of most preventive services. Conclusions. Intermittent lack of insurance coverage—even across a relatively long period—results in less use of preventive services. Studies that examine only current insurance status may underestimate the population at risk from being uninsured

Environmental health · Health care · Health insurance · Health services · Population · Preventive care · Demography · Healthcare Policy and Management · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Primary Care and Health Outcomes