County characteristics and racial and ethnic disparities in the use of preventive services

• Published in: Preventive medicine Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 704 - 712
• Main Authors: Benjamins, Maureen R., Kirby, James B., Bond Huie, Stephanie A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2004
• Subjects: Adult; Blood Pressure - physiology; Cholesterol - blood; Contextual effects; Continental Population Groups - statistics & numerical data; Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data; Ethnicity; Female; Humans; Influenza Vaccines - administration & dosage; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Mammography; Middle Aged; Models, Biological; Multivariate Analysis; Preventive health care; Preventive Health Services - statistics & numerical data; Race; Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data; Utilization; Ethnicity; Utilization; Contextual effects; Preventive health care; Race

Background. Studies examining predictors of preventive service utilization generally focus on individual characteristics and ignore the role of contextual variables. To help address this gap in the literature, the present study investigates whether county-level characteristics, such as racial and et...