Larson Sharon, Correa-de-Araujo Rosaly
Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA.
Womens Health Issues. 2006 Mar-Apr;16(2):80-8. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.03.001.
In this analysis, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data from 2000 were used to examine differences in reports of preventive health service utilization in 4 types of counties: large metropolitan counties, small metropolitan counties, counties adjacent to metropolitan places, and counties not adjacent to metropolitan areas or with fewer than 10,000 residents. Women from counties with 10,000 or fewer residents and not adjacent to a metropolitan county, classified as rural residents, were less likely to report a number of preventive health examinations during the previous 2 years. Rural women were less likely to obtain blood cholesterol tests, dental exams, and mammograms during the previous 2 years when compared to women from large metropolitan counties. Rural women were more likely to obtain blood pressure checks during the previous year when compared to the metropolitan women. Findings for exams that occurred during the preceding 1- and 2-year periods are reported for blood pressure checks, blood cholesterol checks, physical exams, colon cancer screening, dental exams, breast exams, mammograms, and Pap smears.
在本分析中，使用了2000年医疗支出面板调查数据，以研究4种类型县在预防性健康服务利用报告方面的差异：大型都市县、小型都市县、毗邻都市地区的县以及不毗邻都市地区或居民少于10000人的县。来自居民人数为10000人或更少且不毗邻都市县的县的女性，被归类为农村居民，她们在过去两年中报告进行多项预防性健康检查的可能性较小。与大型都市县的女性相比，农村女性在过去两年中进行血液胆固醇检测、牙科检查和乳房X光检查的可能性较小。与都市女性相比，农村女性在前一年进行血压检查的可能性更大。报告了前1年和前2年期间进行的血压检查、血液胆固醇检查、体格检查、结肠癌筛查、牙科检查、乳房检查、乳房X光检查和巴氏涂片检查的结果。
