Open AccessDo women have equitable access to quality breast prosthesis services?
Author(s) -
LIVINGSTON P,
ROBERTS S,
WHITE V,
GIBBS A,
BONNICI D,
HILL D
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2000.tb01612.x
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , prosthesis , medicine , business , mastectomy , breast cancer , surgery , philosophy , epistemology , cancer
Although up to 90% of women who have had a mastectomy use breast prostheses, significant gaps exist around current breast prosthesis services for Australian women. These gaps include the timeliness and quality of information provision, the disparity in financial assistance, and the lack of knowledge regarding the determinants of what constitutes a “quality” breast prosthesis. Revised policy initiatives are central to addressing these gaps to ensure equitable access to quality breast prosthesis services.