Guideline-inconsistent breast cancer screening for women over 50: a vignette-based survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Professional organizations have issued guidelines recommending breast cancer screening for women 50 years of age.

Objective

This study examines the percent of U.S. primary care physicians who report breast cancer screening practices that are not consistent with guidelines, and the characteristics of physicians who reported offering extra test modalities.

Design

We analyzed a subset of a 2008 cross-sectional Women's Health Care survey sent to primary care physicians randomly selected from the national American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Masterfile. A subset of physicians received a survey that presented a vignette of a health maintenance visit for an asymptomatic 51-year-old woman who was not at high risk for breast cancer. Responses were weighted t

SUBMITTER: Kadivar H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3889955 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature