Findings in obstetrics reported from B.G. Lewis and co-researchers

"To estimate how preventive services and counseling differ for women seen by general medical physicians and gynecologists, and whether seeing both types of physicians had a greater impact on delivery of gender-specific and gender-neutral preventive care than by either type of physician alone. Using data from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey, we studied the association of provider type with Pap tests, tobacco use screening, and exercise and diet counseling among women 18-64 years (n=7,317), and these services along with clinical breast examinations, mammograms, and colon cancer screening among women aged 50-64 years (n=1,551)," investigators in the United States report.

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