A public health framework for screening mammography: Evidence-based vs politically mandated care

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 977-978

  Lin, Kenneth W ^a   Gostin, Lawrence O ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NOTE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AGE; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BUDGET; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOGRAPHY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCIENCE; STANDARDS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BUDGETS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCIENCE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 84960887592     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.0322     Document Type: Note

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