Facility characteristics do not explain higher false-positive rates in diagnostic mammography at facilities serving vulnerable women

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-216

  Goldman, L Elizabeth ^a   Walker, Rod ^b   Miglioretti, Diana L ^b,c   Smith Bindman, Rebecca ^d   Kerlikowske, Karla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic; mammography; quality; vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; RURAL AREA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84857640644     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182407c8a     Document Type: Article

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