Socioeconomic and Geographic Differences in Mammography Trends Following the 2009 USPSTF Policy Update.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In 2024, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reversed a 2009 policy recommending only females aged 50 to 74 years complete a biennial mammogram. Understanding whether females facing heterogeneous breast cancer risks responded to the 2009 guidance may illuminate how they may respond to the latest policy update.

Objective

To evaluate whether the 2009 policy was associated with changes in mammography screening in females no longer recommended to complete a biennial mammogram and whether these changes varied by factors associated with breast cancer risk.

Design, setting, and participants

The difference-in-differences design compared biennial mammogram trends in the exposed groups (aged 40-49 and ≥75 years) with trends of the unexposed groups (aged 50

SUBMITTER: Semprini J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11800017 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature