ArticleThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2017
The effects of organized screening programs on the demand for mammography in Switzerland.
Article in The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Linguistic difference in the effect of organized programs on socioeconomic inequalities in breast cancer screening: ecological study in Switzerland.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2025Article
- Revisiting the Effects of Organized Mammography Programs on Inequalities in Breast Screening Uptake: A Multilevel Analysis of Nationwide Data From 1997 to 2017.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Does retirement affect secondary preventive care use? Evidence from breast cancer screening.Economics and human biology · 2021Article
- Temporal trends and regional disparities in cancer screening utilization: an observational Swiss claims-based study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Health information provision, health knowledge and health behaviours: Evidence from breast cancer screening.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study is to estimate the causal effect of organized mammography screening programs on the proportion of women between 50 and 69 years of age who have ever used mammography. We exploit the gradual implementation of organized screening programs in nine Swiss cantons using a difference-in-difference approach. An analysis of four waves of the Swiss Health Survey shows that 3.5-5.4% points of the 87.9% utilization rate in cantons with screening programs in 2012 can be attributed to these organized programs. This effect indicates that organized programs can motivate women who have never done mammography to initiate screening.
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