Health Insurance and Cancer Screening Among Women Advance Data 254. This report shows how health insurance is an important factor associated with preventive health care. The purpose of the report is to provide national data on the relationship between type of health insurance coverage and recent use of mammography, clinical breast examinations (CBEs), and Pap tests by women 40 years of age and over. The objectives are to compare use of screening between women with private coverage, public coverage, and the uninsured; and between women with different types of health insurance coverage. Data Highlights: In 1992, 80 percent of women 40-64 years of age had private insurance, including 19 percent who were enrolled in an Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). In 1992 almost all women aged 65 years and over had Medicare coverage, and 75 percent also had private coverage, including 11 percent who were enrolled in an HMO. The percent of women reporting each of the three procedures was lowest for uninsured women and highest for women enrolled in HMOs.
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