M P Doescher

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..The objective of this study was to assess rural-urban differences in mammography and Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening...

..Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States...

..To examine the impact of provider continuity on preventive care among adults who have a regular site of care...

..While pervasive racial and ethnic inequalities in access to care and health status have been documented, potential underlying causes, such as patients' perceptions of their physicians, have not been explored as thoroughly...

..Effective strategies to improve rural female physician placement and retention need to be identified and implemented to improve rural access to physician care...

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..As the burden of out-of-pocket health care expenditures for Medicare beneficiaries has grown, the need to assess the relationship between uncovered costs and health outcomes has become more pressing...

..Greater use of hospital clinics and community health centers by minorities also contributes to this discontinuity...

..Employment-based health insurance coverage is declining in the United States. Many recent efforts to increase coverage have promoted the individual purchase of insurance, with or without subsidies...

..Women comprise increasing proportions of medical school graduates. They tend to choose primary care but are less likely than men to choose rural practice...

..Researchers should consider factors such as drug benefit status when conducting studies using pharmacy data. More studies are needed in different populations and delivery systems, as well as over varied types of drug benefits...

..Studies examining trends in problem alcohol use for U.S. adults residing in rural locations are lacking. This study examines recent trends in heavy and binge drinking in urban counties and three types of rural counties...

..Obesity is epidemic in the United States, but information on this trend by type of rural locale is limited...

..A Medicare drug benefit that provides unimpeded access to medications needed to treat such conditions may improve medication acquisition and, ultimately, health...

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..More importantly, this pilot reveals two key obstacles in our low-income, culturally diverse setting: low participation and rapid turnover of insureds. Future interventions will need to address these barriers...

..This review identifies the challenges to oral health in rural America and describes areas of innovation in prevention, delivery of dental services, and workforce development that may improve oral health for rural populations...

..We wanted to examine how membership in a health maintenance organization (HMO) is related to delivery of preventive clinical services to patients with different educational levels...

..There is a need for mechanisms that allow health care professionals to devote sufficient attention to weight control and to link with evidence-based weight loss interventions, especially those that target groups most at risk for obesity...

..We sought to gain a better understanding of barriers to diagnosis of and entering treatment for depression in primary care...

..Racial and ethnic disparities in health care have been well documented, but poorly explained...

..We compared age-related patterns of screening for colorectal cancer with those for breast and prostate cancer in persons aged 50 years and older...

..Taken together, this information will set the stage for a large randomized, clinical trial to prevent overweight among high-risk Somali infants. ..

..This study will supply needed information to help rural towns promote walking and enhance health, particularly among the most vulnerable residents of these locations. ..