A Pilot Analysis of Patient Portal Use and Breast Cancer Screening Among Black Patients in a Large Academic Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient portals may facilitate breast cancer screening and could be an important factor to address inequities; however, this association is not well characterized. The authors sought to examine this association in a large academic health system to inform interventions to address breast cancer screening inequities.

Methods

The authors conducted a cross-sectional study among Black patients in a large academic health system using logistic regression to examine the association between breast cancer screening and portal use, adjusting for multilevel covariates and interactions. The authors estimated average marginal effects to examine the additive probability of breast cancer screening completion given portal use in the prior 12 months.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Marcotte LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11758112 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature