Does a national screening programme reduce socioeconomic inequalities in mammography use?

Marina Puddu (), Stefaan Demarest and Jean Tafforeau

International Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 54, issue 2, 68 pages

Abstract: Socioeconomic inequalities in breast screening uptake seem to persist 3 years after the implementation of the national screening programme. Although the national programme improved the coverage, it could not counteract the socioeconomic gradients in the use of mammography. Additional work is needed to identify effective methods of decreasing socioeconomic inequalities in mammography use. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2009

Keywords: Mass screening; Breast cancer; Mammography; Socioeconomic inequalities; Survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-8105-6

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