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Delivery of preventive services to older black patients using neighborhood health centers
Author(s)Paul J Wright, Richard H Fortinsky, Kenneth E Covinsky
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 2, February 2000
Pagespp 124-130
KeywordsPreventative medicine ; Usage [services] ; Black people ; United States of America.
AnnotationOlder black patients in the US are at risk for under-utilisation of preventive services. This study assessed the delivery of five preventive services (pneumococcal vaccination, influenza vaccination, mammography, cervical smear test, and faecal occult blood test) in health centres in low income neighbourhoods in Cleveland, Ohio. A total of 683 black older people participated in the study. Findings showed that the health centres achieved high rates of performance in four of the five preventive services. In addition, preventive services practices were associated with prognostically relevant health status information. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-000502401 A
ClassmarkLK2: QLD: TKE: 7T

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