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ArticlePloS one2017

Inequity of healthcare utilization on mammography examination and Pap smear screening in Thailand: Analysis of a population-based household survey.

Sukanya Chongthawonsatid

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Barriers to and Facilitators of Cervical Cancer Screening among Women in Southeast Asia: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sukanya ChongthawonsatidFaculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5258-8294
Mahidol University · TH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare in Thailand is not equally distributed, and not all people can equally access healthcare resources even if they are covered by health insurance. To examine factors associated with the utilization of mammography examination for breast cancer and Pap smear screening for cervical cancer, data from the national reproductive health survey conducted by the National Statistical Office of Thailand in 2009 was examined. The survey was carried out on 15,074,126 women aged 30-59 years. The results showed that the wealthier respondents had more mammograms than did the lower-income groups. The concentration index was 0.144. The data on Pap smears for cervical cancer also showed that the wealthier respondents were more likely to have had a Pap smear than their lower-income counterparts. The concentration index was 0.054. Determinants of mammography examination were education, followed by health welfare and wealth index, whereas the determinants of Pap smear screening were wealth index, followed by health welfare and education. The government should support greater education for women because education was associated with socioeconomic status and wealth. There should be an increase in the number of screening campaigns, mobile clinics, and low-cost mammograms and continued support for accessibility to mammograms, especially in rural areas and low-income communities.

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AdultBreast NeoplasmsFamily CharacteristicsFemaleHealth SurveysHumansMammographyMass ScreeningMiddle AgedMobile Health UnitsPapanicolaou TestRegression AnalysisSocial ClassThailandUterine Cervical NeoplasmsVaginal Smears

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PMID28282430
PMCPMC5345859
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