Cost-effectiveness of increasing access to mammography through mobile mammography for older women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-290

  Naeim, Arash ^a,b   Keeler, Emmett ^c   Bassett, Lawrence W ^a   Parikh, Jay ^d   Bastani, Roshan ^e   Reuben, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cost effectiveness; Mammography; Mobile; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849085064     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02105.x     Document Type: Article

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