Preventive care utilization: Association with individual- and workgroup-level policy and practice perceptions.

ABSTRACT: Preventive medical care may reduce downstream medical costs and reduce population burden of disease. However, although social, demographic, and geographic determinants of preventive care have been studied, there is little information about how the workplace affects preventive care utilization. This study examines how four types of organizational policies and practices (OPPs) are associated with individual workers' preventive care utilization. We used data collected in 2012 from 838 hospital patient care workers, grouped in 84 patient care units at two hospitals in Boston. Via survey, we assessed individuals' perceptions of four types of OPPs on their work units. We linked the survey data to a database containing detailed information on medical expenditures. Using multilevel models, we test

SUBMITTER: Sabbath EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6028933 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature