Prevalence and correlates of physician advice for prevention: impact of type of insurance and regular source of care.

Abstract

Although managed care penetration continues to grow, little is known about the relationship between managed care and the provision of preventive health services. In this paper the "behavioral model of health services utilization" is used to conceptualize and explore this relationship, and to examine: (1) the prevalence of physician advice for prevention of cardiovascular disease, (2) the relationship between predisposing, enabling, and need characteristics and physician advice, and (3) the impact of insurance type and regular source of care on receipt of physician advice.