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Research ArticleFamily Medicine and the Health Care System

Health Insurance Is Associated With Preventive Care but Not Personal Health Behaviors

Anthony Jerant, Kevin Fiscella, Daniel J. Tancredi and Peter Franks
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2013, 26 (6) 759-767; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.130054
Anthony Jerant
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF) and the Department of Pediatrics (DJT), Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; and the Department of Family Medicine and Community and Preventive Medicine, Center to Improve Communication in Health Care, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (KF).
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Kevin Fiscella
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF) and the Department of Pediatrics (DJT), Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; and the Department of Family Medicine and Community and Preventive Medicine, Center to Improve Communication in Health Care, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (KF).
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Daniel J. Tancredi
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF) and the Department of Pediatrics (DJT), Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; and the Department of Family Medicine and Community and Preventive Medicine, Center to Improve Communication in Health Care, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (KF).
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From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AJ, PF) and the Department of Pediatrics (DJT), Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento; and the Department of Family Medicine and Community and Preventive Medicine, Center to Improve Communication in Health Care, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (KF).
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