Opportunities for prevention in primary care in a country with universal insurance coverage

Haller, Dagmar M.; Michaud, Pierre-André; Suris, Joan-Carles; Jeannin, André; Narring, Françoise

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.03.006

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English

Opportunities for prevention in primary care in a country with universal insurance coverage

ContributorsHaller, Dagmar M.

; Michaud, Pierre-André; Suris, Joan-Carles; Jeannin, André; Narring, Françoise

Published inJournal of adolescent health, vol. 43, no. 5, p. 517-519

Publication date2008

Abstract

Data from studies in the United States suggest that young people engaging in health-compromising behaviors have lower access to health care. Using data from a Swiss national survey we tested the hypothesis that in a country with universal insurance coverage, adolescents engaging in health-compromising behaviors access primary care to the same extent as those who do not engage in these behaviors.

Keywords

Adolescent
Female
Health Behavior
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Male
Preventive Medicine
Primary Health Care
Risk-Taking
Switzerland
Universal Coverage
Young Adult

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Research group

Médecine interne générale et pédiatrie ambulatoires (968)

Citation (ISO format)

HALLER, Dagmar M. et al. Opportunities for prevention in primary care in a country with universal insurance coverage. In: Journal of adolescent health, 2008, vol. 43, n° 5, p. 517–519. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.03.006

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PID : unige:2080
DOI : 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.03.006
PMID : 18848682

Commercial URLhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1054139X08001845

ISSN of the journal1054-139X

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