OBJECTIVE To evaluate the proportion of patients hospitalised with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Australia and New Zealand who received optimal inpatient preventive care and to identify factors associated with preventive care. METHODS All patients hospitalised bi-nationally with ACS were identified between 14-27 May 2012. Optimal in-hospital preventive care was defined as having received l...

In this article, we measure the extent to which California Medicaid children in 1981 received preventive care services through either the regular or the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment component of Medicaid. On average, 62 percent of children up to 15 years of age who were continuously enrolled for that year had no preventive care visits, with the percentage increasing wi...

BACKGROUND It is assumed that providing clinical preventive services to patients can identify or detect early important causes of adult mortality. The aim of this study was to quantify access to preventive services in Southern Italy and to assess whether and how the provision of preventive care was influenced by any specific characteristics of patients. METHODS In a cross-sectional study adul...

Executive Summary This issue of Research Briefs examines health centers' role in reducing disparities in preventive health care access by medically vulnerable and high risk populations. The analysis uses information from several national data sources to examine differences in the provision of preventive health care to Medicaid and uninsured patients between health centers and other primary care...

Preventive care measures remain underutilized despite recommendations to increase their use. The objective of this review was to examine the characteristics, types, and effects of paper- and computer-based interventions for preventive care measures. The study provides an update to a previous systematic review. We included randomized controlled trials that implemented a physician reminder and me...

International systems are frequently offered as models for health care reform. This study, focusing on preventive services for children and pregnant women in six industrialized countries, finds that a broad range of preventive services can be provided through health care systems with divergent financing and cost containment, utilizing multiple entry points into the health care system, and emplo...

Community clinics are particularly prevention programme, as an integrated primary health care package. importanity clinics are particularlv | However, there is a continuing need, particularly in deprived inner city areas, for a core of consultant led child health doctors and nurses to provide * Vulnerable families this service in clinics, nurseries, and schools. Fewer general practitioners * Re...

Not much is known about how health insurance affects preventive care for children who have access to general routine paediatric care, especially in less developed settings. This study evaluates the effects of child health insurance on preventive care (measured by whether the child had received all the age-appropriate immunizations) for children with access to routine paediatric care. It uses a ...

Background: Many adolescents are at risk of dental caries and periodontal disease due to poor tooth brushing and dietary behavior. However, these oral health problems can be moderated by providing individuals with preventive care and advice. In New South Wales (NSW) Dental Therapists and Oral Health Therapists (Therapists) working in the public health system can help this vulnerable group by pr...

AIM To analyze the association between unemployment and the use of preventive health care services in Croatia. METHODS Data on the use of preventive health care services and employment status were taken from the 2003 Croatia Adult Health Survey. A multistage stratified sample design was used to define a representative sample (n=9070 individuals) of the Croatian general adult population. Binar...