Geographic access to mammography facilities and frequency of mammography screening.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the association between geographic access to mammography facilities and women's mammography utilization frequency.

Methods

Using data from the population-based 1995-2007 Wisconsin Women's Health study, we used proportional odds and logistic regression to test whether driving times to mammography facilities and the number of mammography facilities within 10 km of women's homes were associated with mammography frequency among women aged 50-74 years and whether associations differed between Rural-Urban Commuting Areas and income and education groups.

Results

We found evidence for nonlinear relationships between geographic access and mammography utilization (nonlinear effects of driving times and facility density, P-values .01 and .005, respectively). Ha

SUBMITTER: Jewett PI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5819606 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature