Socioeconomic Determinants of Participation in Cancer Screening in Argentina: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Low socioeconomic status is associated with late cancer diagnosis and mortality in Argentina. It is important that cancer screening services are accessible to the whole population so that cancer can be detected early. Our aim in this study was to investigate socioeconomic determinants for the disparities in the use of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening services in Argentina, and to measure the country progress in reducing differences in cancer screening participation across socioeconomic levels. We performed a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from the 2018 National Survey of Risk Factors of Argentina. The sample included data from 49,170 households. We also compared the results with data from the 2013 wave of the same survey in order to assess progress on cancer sc

SUBMITTER: Nuche-Berenguer B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8423085 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature