Joseph S. Ross|Susannah M. Bernheim|Elizabeth H. Bradley|Haoyue Teng|William T. Gallo
Use of preventive care by the working poor in the United States
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|James J. Peters VA Medical Center|Yale University|Robert Wood Johnson Foundation|Yale University|Yale University|Yale University
examine association poverty preventive care use among older working adultscrosssectional analysis pooled 1996 1998 2000 waves health retirement study nationally representative sample older communitydwelling adults studying selfreported use cervical breast prostate cancer screening well serum cholesterol screening influenza vaccination adults incomes within 200 federal poverty level defined pooramong 10088 older working adults overall preventive care use ranged 38 influenza vaccination 76 breast cancer screening unadjusted analyses working poor significantly less likely receive preventive care adjustment insurance coverage education sociodemographic characteristics working poor remained significantly less likely receive breast cancer rr 092 95 ci 086096 prostate cancer rr 089 95 ci 081097 cholesterol screening rr 091 95 ci 086096 working nonpoor significantly less likely receive cervical cancer screening rr 096 95 ci 090101 influenza vaccination rr 092 95 ci 084101the older working poor modestly increased risk receiving preventive care