Effects of digital mammography uptake on downstream breast-related care among older women

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1053-1059

  Hubbard, Rebecca A ^a,b   Zhu, Weiwei ^a   Onega, Tracy L ^c   Fishman, Paul ^a,b   Henderson, Louise M ^d   Tosteson, Anna N A ^e   Buist, Diana S M ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer screening; comparative effectiveness; digital mammography; health technology; learning curve; mammography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870052796     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318269e9c2     Document Type: Article

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