The impact of alternative practices on the cost and quality of mammographic screening in the United States

Clinical Breast Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-152

  Burnside, Elizabeth ^a   Belkora, Jeff ^b   Esserman, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b On Your Mind Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate cost; Cost containment; Mammography screening; Quality; Quality improvement; Specificity; Swedish screening program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034887753     PISSN: 15268209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CBC.2001.n.019     Document Type: Article

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