Patient and physician characteristics affect adherence to screening mammography: A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Screening mammograms are widely recommended biennially for women between the ages of 50 and 74. Despite the benefits of screening mammograms, full adherence to recommendations falls below 75% in most developed countries. Many studies have identified individual (obesity, smoking, socio-economic status, and co-morbid conditions) and primary-care physician parameters (physician age, gender, clinic size and cost) that influence adherence, but little data exists from large population studies regarding the interaction of these individual factors.

Methods

We performed a historical cohort study of 44,318 Israeli women age 56-74 using data captured from electronic medical records of a large Israeli health maintenance organization. Univariate analysis was used to examine th

SUBMITTER: Katz D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5870964 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature