Insurance-Based Differences in Time to Diagnostic Follow-up after Positive Screening Mammography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Insurance may lengthen or inhibit time to follow-up after positive screening mammography. We assessed the association between insurance status and time to initial diagnostic follow-up after a positive screening mammogram.

Methods

Using 1995-2010 data from a North Carolina population-based registry of breast imaging and cancer outcomes, we identified women with a positive screening mammogram. We compared receipt of follow-up within 60 days of screening using logistic regression and evaluated time to follow-up initiation using Cox proportional hazards regression.

Results

Among 43,026 women included in the study, 73% were <65 years and 27% were 65+ years. Median time until initial diagnostic follow-up was similar by age group and insurance status. In the adjus

SUBMITTER: Durham DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5115635 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature