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| Participation in health promotion programs by the rural elderly | | Author(s) | Judith R Lave, Diane G Ives, Neal D Traven |
| Journal title | American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol 11, no 1, 1995 |
| Pages | pp 46-53 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) funded a series of demonstration programmes to learn about the implications of extending coverage for disease prevention/health promotion services to Medicare beneficiaries. This article examines the use of such services by a rural population. Individuals enrolled in the demonstration were eligible for specific risk reduction interventions. They were enrolled in one of two groups: a hospital-based group in which hospitals were paid a capitated fee for providing all services; and a physician-based group in which physicians were paid fee-for-service for providing each service. Chi-square tests of association as well as logistic regression models were used to assess whether eligibility for services, and use of services by those eligible, varied by group and by sociodemographic characteristics. Forty-one percent were eligible for a nutrition programme, 11% for smoking cessation, 2% for alcohol counselling, and 7% for dementia/depression evaluations. Participation in the programmes varied across and within programmes by gender, education, and group assignment. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980106208 A |
| Classmark | CC: LK2: RL: 7T * |
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