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many older adults medicare managed care programs low health literacy may affect use preventive servicesto determine whether older adults inadequate health literacy less likely report receiving influenza pneumococcal vaccinations mammograms papanicolaou smears individuals adequate health literacy adjusting covariatescrosssectional survey home interviews community dwelling enrolleesmedicare managed care enrollees 65 79 years old four us cities n 2722short test functional health literacy adults selfreported preventive service usein bivariate analyses selfreported lack preventive services higher among individuals inadequate health literacy adequate health literacy never influenza vaccination 29 versus 19 p 0000 never pneumococcal vaccination 65 versus 54 p 0000 mammogram last 2 years 24 versus 17 p 0017 never papanicolaou smear 10 versus 5 p 0002 adjusting demographics years school completed income number physician visits health status people inadequate health literacy likely report never received influenza 14 95 ci 1119 pneumococcal vaccination 13 95 ci 1117 women less likely received mammogram 15 95 ci 1022 papanicolaou smear 17 95 ci 1031among medicare managed care enrollees inadequate health literacy independently associated lower use preventive health services