Health Insurance Mandates, Mammography, and Breast Cancer Diagnoses

Marianne Bitler and Christopher S. Carpenter

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, vol. 8, issue 3, 39-68

Abstract: We examine the effects of state health insurance mandates requiring coverage of screening mammograms. We find evidence that mammography mandates significantly increased mammography screenings by 4.5-25 percent. Effects are larger for women with less than a high school degree in states that ban deductibles, a policy similar to a provision of federal health reform that eliminates cost-sharing for preventive care. We also find that mandates increased detection of early stage in-situ precancers. Finally, we find a substantial proportion of the increased screenings were attributable to mandates that are not consistent with 2014 recommendations of the American Cancer Society.

JEL-codes: G22 H51 H75 I12 I13 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
Note: DOI: 10.1257/pol.20120298
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