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Breast Cancer Screening in an Insured Population: Whom Are We Missing?
Author(s) -
Karin L Kempe,
Rebecca Sam Larson,
Susan S. Shetterley,
Andra Wilkinson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the permanente journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1552-5775
pISSN - 1552-5767
DOI - 10.7812/tpp/12-068
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , mammography , poisson regression , demography , socioeconomic status , breast cancer , population , breast cancer screening , health equity , missing data , health care , gerontology , family medicine , cancer , public health , environmental health , nursing , machine learning , anthropology , computer science , sociology , economics , economic growth
Kaiser Permanente Colorado is an integrated health care system that uses automatic reminder programs and reduces barriers to access preventive services, including financial barriers. Breast cancer screening rates have not improved during the last five years, and rates differ between subgroups: for example, black and Latina women have lower rates of mammography screening than other racial groups.

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