Disparities in Use of Preventive Health Services Attributable to Socioeconomic Factors in U.S. and Canada Says 1996 Study

November 1, 2000 | Program Result

Investigators at the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich., compared two health surveys released in the early 1990s to assess differences in use of preventive services (such as breast and cervical cancer screening), hospital admissions, and outpatient visits between residents of Ontario, Canada and those of the Midwestern and Northeastern United States.