Wealth stratified inequalities in service utilisation of breast cancer screening across the geographical regions: a pooled decomposition analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer among women in low-resourced countries. Reduction of its impacts is achievable with regular screening and early detection. The main aim of the study was to examine the role of wealth stratified inequality in the utilisation breast cancer screening (BCS) services and identified potential factors contribute to the observed inequalities.

Methods

A population-based cross-sectional multi-country analysis was used to study the utilisation of BCS services. Regression-based decomposition analyses were applied to examine the magnitude of the impact of inequalities on the utilisation of BCS services and to identify potential factors contributing to these outcomes. Observations from 140,974 women aged greater than or equal

SUBMITTER: Mahumud RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7285540 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature