Travel distance to screening facilities and completion of abnormal mammographic follow-up among disadvantaged women

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• 作者：Leepao Khang ; PhD ; MPH^a ; ^{lkhang@csufresno.edu} ; Swann Arp Adams ; PhD^a ; ^b ; Susan E. Steck ; PhD ; MPH^a ; Jiajia Zhang ; PhD^a ; Sudha Xirasagar ; PhD^c ; Virginie G. Daguise ; PhD^d
• 关键词：Abnormal mammograms ; Breast cancer ; GIS ; Racial disparity
• 刊名：Annals of Epidemiology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：27
• 期：1
• 页码：35-41
• 全文大小：578 K
• 卷排序：27

文摘

African American women had significantly longer days to abnormal mammogram resolution compared to European American women, with the largest difference being travel distance to the diagnosing mammography facility (28 days for African American women vs. 22 days for European American women). Women who lived closest to their diagnosing mammography facility were more likely to complete their work-up compared to those who lived the farthest. Distance to the diagnosing mammography facility may play a role on the completion of abnormal mammogram work-up.