Potential overuse of screening mammography and its association with access to primary care.

The Impact of Information on Women’s Willingness to Pay for Mammography Screening

The Impact of Information on Women’s Willingness to Pay for Mammography Screening Shiva Rahmani1, Shirin Nosratnejad2,3,* 1Department of Health Economics, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 2Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Services Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 3 Tabriz Health Services Ma...

Evaluation of a Mammography Screening Decision Aid for Women Aged 75 and Older: Protocol for a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial.

PURPOSE There is insufficient evidence to recommend mammography for women >75 years. Guidelines recommend that older women be informed of the uncertainty of benefit and potential for harm, especially for women with short life expectancy. However, few older women are informed of harms of screening and many with short life expectancy are screened. Therefore, we aim to test whether a mammography s...

Screening mammography in primary care settings: implications for cost, access, and quality: background paper.

Association of primary care physician sex with cervical cancer and mammography screening.

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the sex of primary care physicians is associated with differing rates of cervical cancer and mammography screening in a contemporary multicultural context. DESIGN Structured medical record review of a retrospectively defined cohort. SETTING Academic urban primary care clinic in Montreal, Que. PARTICIPANTS Seven male physicians and 9 female physicians, and all f...

Physician compliance with mammography guidelines: barriers and enhancers.

BACKGROUND Primary care physicians are increasingly the gatekeepers to clinical preventive services including mammography utilization. Moreover, lack of physician recommendation is a major reason for patient failure to obtain screening. A study was designed to examine the attitudes, beliefs, and practices with regard to breast cancer screening as self-reported by primary care physicians. The va...