Customer fee and participation in breast-cancer screening

Until 1997, breast screening by mammography was free for all women living in Turku, Finland. After this date, women born in certain years had to pay to be screened. We did a retrospective study, using data obtained from Statistics Finland, to ascertain whether or not the introduction of a fee affect...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2001-10, Vol.358 (9291), p.1425-1425
Main Authors: Immonen-Räihä, Pirjo, Kauhava, Lea, Parvinen, Ilmo, Helenius, Hans, Klemi, Pekka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Age groups
Aged
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cancer screening
Child
Divorce
Fees & charges
Female
Finland
Health care
Humans
Income
Mammography
Mammography - economics
Mammography - utilization
Medical screening
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomics
Womens health
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Summary:Until 1997, breast screening by mammography was free for all women living in Turku, Finland. After this date, women born in certain years had to pay to be screened. We did a retrospective study, using data obtained from Statistics Finland, to ascertain whether or not the introduction of a fee affected attendance. We also assessed the effect of socioeconomic status on attendance. Our findings show that people who had to pay for mammography attended less often than women who were entitled to free screening, irrespective of their socioeconomic status.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06520-5