A nationally quasi-experimental study to assess the impact of partial organized breast and cervical cancer screening programme on participation and inequalities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organized breast and cervical cancer screening programme could only provide services at no cost for a fraction of socioeconomic-deprived women in China and other low-resource countries, however, little evidence exists for whether such a programme effectively affect the participation and inequalities at the population level.

Methods

We used individual-level data from a nationally cross-sectional survey in 2014-2015 for breast and cervical cancer screening participation. Data for intervention and comparison grouping were from 2009 to 2014 national breast and cervical cancer screening programme, and counties covered by the programme were divided into intervention group. We assessed the impact of the intervention on the participation rates and the magnitude of inequal

SUBMITTER: Bao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7716588 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature