Journal of general internal medicine
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
A comparison of the preventive health care provided by women's health centers and general internal medicine practices.
To evaluate women's health centers as alternatives to traditional internal medicine practices. ⋯ In this study, patients at women's health centers were more likely to receive gender-specific health prevention counseling than patients at internal medicine practices. Moreover, patients were more likely to receive their gender-specific preventive health services from their primary care providers.