Assessing women's stated preferences for breast cancer screening: a systematic review and a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer is the most common diagnosed disease, and the second leading cause of death among women. Thus, due to its importance, the current research is aimed at identifying the preferences of individuals for improving breast cancer screening programs and the related policies.

Method

A systematic search was applied on databases including - PubMed, Scopus, the Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane, SID- up to October 2022. The including articles were original or review papers that assessed individuals' willingness to pay. Also, articles including the effective variables or attributes for breast cancer screening program were included. Meta-analysis was applied to calculate Willingness to Pay (WTP) as a mean for breast cancer screening followed by vote-counting for ide

SUBMITTER: Nosratnejad S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11606195 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature