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Breast Cancer Screening
Direct mail and incentives increase mammogram screening rates among low-income women
December 8th, 2005
Direct mail combined with incentives increase mammogram screening rates among low-income and underinsured women. "Women with inadequate health insurance have lower mammography rates than the general population. Finding successful strategies to enroll eligible women is an ongoing challenge for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program," stated researchers in the United States. "To test the effectiveness of a population-based strategy to increase mammography utilization among low-income underinsured women ages 40 to 64 years," J. S. Slater and colleagues conducted "a randomized trial to assess the effect of two mailed...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-08)
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