Are rural residents less likely to obtain recommended preventive healthcare services?

Citation
Mm. Casey et al., Are rural residents less likely to obtain recommended preventive healthcare services?, AM J PREV M, 21(3), 2001, pp. 182-188
Citations number
39
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
ISSN journal
0749-3797 → ACNP
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
182 - 188
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-3797(200110)21:3<182:ARRLLT>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Background: This study examined rural-urban differences in utilization of p reventive healthcare services and assessed the impact of rural residence, d emographic factors, health insurance status, and health system characterist ics on the likelihood of obtaining each service. Methods: National data from the 1997 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Sy stem (BRFSS) and the 1999 Area Resource File were used to evaluate the adeq uacy of preventive services obtained by rural and urban women and men, usin g three sets of nationally accepted preventive services guidelines from the American Cancer Society, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and Healthy People 2010. Logistic regression models were developed to control for the e ffect of demographic factors, health insurance status, and health system ch aracteristics. Results: Rural residents are less likely than urban residents to obtain cer tain preventive health services and are further behind urban residents in m eeting Healthy People 2010 objectives. Conclusions: Efforts to increase rural preventive services utilization need to build on federal, state, and community-based initiatives and to recogni ze the special challenges that rural areas present.