ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2018
Geographic access to mammography facilities and frequency of mammography screening.
Article in Annals of epidemiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.
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- Changes in geographic accessibility to mammography by state and rural-urban status, United States, 2006-2022.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2023Article
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- Role of mammography accessibility, deprivation and spatial effect in breast cancer screening participation in France: an observational ecological study.International journal of health geographics · 2022Observational
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Abstract
purposeTo assess the association between geographic access to mammography facilities and women's mammography utilization frequency.
methodsUsing data from the population-based 1995-2007 Wisconsin Women's Health study, we used proportional odds and logistic regression to test whether driving times to mammography facilities and the number of mammography facilities within 10 km of women's homes were associated with mammography frequency among women aged 50-74 years and whether associations differed between Rural-Urban Commuting Areas and income and education groups.
resultsWe found evidence for nonlinear relationships between geographic access and mammography utilization (nonlinear effects of driving times and facility density, P-values .01 and .005, respectively). Having at least one nearby mammography facility was associated with greater mammography frequency among urban women (1 vs. 0 facilities, odds ratio 1.26, 95% confidence interval, 1.09-1.47), with similar effects among rural women. Adding more facilities had decreasing marginal effects. Long driving times tended to be associated with lower mammography frequency. We found no effect modification by income, education, or urbanicity. In rural settings, mammography nonuse was higher, facility density smaller, and driving times to facilities were longer.
conclusionsHaving at least one mammography facility near one's home may increase mammography utilization, with decreasing effects per each additional facility.
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