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To determine how intermittent lapses in health insurance coverage over extended periods affect the utilization of routine preventive healthcare services.

January 1, 2003American Journal of Public HealthOpen Access

Intermittent Lack of Health Insurance Coverage and Use of Preventive Services

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To determine how intermittent lapses in health insurance coverage over extended periods affect the utilization of routine preventive healthcare services.
Assessed patterns of preventive service utilization in relation to longitudinal continuity of health insurance coverage.
Compared longitudinal coverage disruptions against standard point-in-time measures of current health insurance status.
Intermittent lack of health insurance coverage over relatively long intervals leads to significantly reduced use of preventive healthcare services.
Evaluating insurance coverage solely via point-in-time status underestimates the true proportion of the population at clinical risk from lack of coverage.

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Observational study reveals decreased preventive service use among individuals with intermittent health insurance, indicating point-in-time assessments underestimate populations at risk.

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Sudano et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df6e934fb243fc8e592069 https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.93.1.130

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Observational study reveals decreased preventive service use among individuals with intermittent health insurance, indicating point-in-time assessments underestimate populations at risk.

Intermittent Lack of Health Insurance Coverage and Use of Preventive Services

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