Open AccessMammography screening: how important is cost as a barrier to use?
Author(s) -
Nicole Urban,
Garnet L. Anderson,
Susan Peacock
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.1.50
Subject(s) - mammography , medicine , logistic regression , demography , odds ratio , odds , population , legislation , environmental health , breast cancer , cancer , pathology , sociology , political science , law
Recent legislation will improve insurance coverage for screening mammography and effectively lower its cost to many women. Although cost has been cited as a barrier to use, evidence of the magnitude of its effect on use is limited.
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