Racial differences in use of cancer prevention services among older Americans

Article Abstract:

Racial differences have been found to exist in the use of cancer prevention services by older Americans. The differences are related to income, insurance, and educational differences, blacks vs whites. This was the sixth follow-up survey of a probability sample. In the study were 1486 women and 726 men older than 70 (1246 black and 966 white).

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Closing the gap - provider and researcher responsibility

Article Abstract:

Provider and researcher responsibility relative to cancer prevention and disparities in health status, access to healthcare services and outcomes of medical treatments between racial groups of the United States are discussed. Race has been found not to act as a biological variable with respect to use of preventive services, so the differences relate to modifiable policy, patient or provider variables. The gap should be closed and researchers should frame research questions and explanatory variables that help do that.

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Self-reported utilization of preventive health services by retired employees age 65 and older

Article Abstract:

A retrospective cohort study of 59,670 retired employees age 65+ has been carried out to look at the use of the nationwide mailed Health Risk Appraisal (HRA) in benchmarking compliance and characterizing retired employees who met preventive service guidelines. It was found that this population, based on self-reporting, participated at a higher level than a comparable national sample exceeding goals set by Healthy People 2000. Higher compliance was associated with being male, younger than 70, a multiple-year participant in the HRA program and with overall low-risk status and HMO insurance plan selection.

Patient compliance

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