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Delivery of preventive services to older black patients using neighborhood health centers.

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OBJECTIVES:Older black patients are at risk for underutilization of preventive services. Our objectives were to assess the delivery of five preventive services in Title 330-funded health centers in low income neighborhoods in Cleveland, Ohio, and to determine the association of health system factors and health status with the delivery of these services. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. SETTING:Four neighborhood health centers in low income neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 683 black men and women, aged 70 and older, who regarded the health center as their primary source of outpatient care. MEASUREMENTS:Demographic characteristics, independence in basic and instrumental activities of daily living, comorbidity scores, and perceived access were determined by telephone interview. We reviewed charts to determine whether each of five preventive service goals were obtained: influenza vaccination within 1 year; pneumococcal vaccination at any time; mammography within 2 years; Papanicolau screening within 1 year or twice at any time in the past with documentation of normal results; and fecal occult blood testing within 2 years. RESULTS:The defined goals for influenza vaccination, pneumococcal vaccination, mammography, Papanicolau screening, and fecal occult blood testing were achieved for 59%, 64%, 59%, 51%, and 17% of patients, respectively. Influenza and pneumococcal vaccines were obtained more often in persons with greater comorbidity. Mammography and Papanicolau smear were obtained more often in patients without of ADL or IADL impairments. The four clinical sites varied substantially in the delivery of each preventive service. More frequent office visits were associated with greater delivery of all five preventive services. This relationship persisted in multivariable analyses controlling for health status and clinical site. CONCLUSIONS:This study shows that Title 330 federally supported neighborhood health center sites providing primary care to older blacks in Cleveland achieved high rates of performance in four of the five recommended preventive services. In addition, preventive services practices were associated with prognostically relevant health status information. The frequency of office visits was related strongly and consistently to the performance of the various preventive services, indicating that more, not fewer, office visits may be necessary to achieve Healthy People 2000 targets. J Am Geriatr Soc 48:124-130, 2000. Key words: preventive services; blacks; access to care; geriatrics; primary care

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J Am Geriatr Soc

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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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Wright PJ,Fortinsky RH,Covinsky KE,Anderson PA,Landefeld CS

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10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03902.x

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Has Abstract

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2000-02-01 00:00:00

pages

124-30

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0002-8614

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1532-5415

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Delivery of preventive services to older black patients using neighborhood health centers.