Social inequalities in cervical cancer screening: a discrete choice experiment among French general practitioners and gynaecologists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical cancer screening is effective in reducing mortality due to uterine cervical cancer (UCC). However, inequalities in participation in UCC screening exist, especially according to age and social status. Considering the current situation in France regarding the ongoing organized UCC screening campaign, we aimed to assess general practitioners' (GPs) and gynaecologists' preferences for actions designed to reduce screening inequalities.

Methods

French physicians' preferences to UCC screening modalities was assessed using a discrete choice experiment. A national cross-sectional questionnaire was sent between September and October 2014 to 500 randomly selected physicians, and numerically to all targeted physicians working in the French region Midi-Pyrénées. Pract

SUBMITTER: Raginel T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7385880 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature