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  • Rural Health

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  • Preventive care services are vital for health maintenance.
  • Rural communities face challenges in accessing preventive services.
  • Primary care providers are key to preventive care uptake, but shortages exist.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare preventive care uptake in British Columbia (BC) rural residents.
  • To assess differences between patients attached and unattached to a primary care provider.
  • To inform policy and programs for improving rural preventive care.

Main Methods:

  • Quantitative cross-sectional survey of rural BC residents (July-Sept 2022).
  • Compared preventive care completion, priorities, and self-efficacy between attached and unattached patients.
  • 516 rural residents (301 attached, 215 unattached) participated.

Main Results:

  • Unattached patients reported significantly lower preventive service completion rates (51%) than attached patients (63%).
  • No significant difference was found in the number of prevention priorities between groups.
  • Self-efficacy for communication, chronic illness management, vaccinations, and screenings was lower in unattached patients.

Conclusions:

  • Rural communities exhibit suboptimal preventive care uptake.
  • A significant gap exists in preventive care utilization between attached and unattached patients.
  • Findings provide strategic information for developing targeted preventive care policies and programs in underserved rural areas.