Journal article
Financial incentive and the use of mammography among Hispanic migrants to the United States
Health care for women international, Vol.17(4), pp.281-291
07/01/1996
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/113468
PMID: 8850763
Abstract
Researchers in migrant health clinics in Washington state found cost to be the single most commonly reported reason given by foreign-born Hispanic women for never having had a mammogram. The true significance of this finding beyond self-report was unknown. A randomized intervention trial designed to test the effect of fully subsidized mammograms on utilization was conducted within this population. Women in the intervention group received standard clinic instruction plus a voucher for a free mammogram. Controls received standard clinic instruction alone. Eighty-seven percent of women receiving vouchers obtained a mammogram within 30 days, compared with 17.5% of controls. Logistic regression analysis revealed that women receiving vouchers were 47 times more likely to obtain a mammogram than controls. This confirms women's self-report that cost is a major barrier to accessing screening mammograms in this low-income migrant population, and that women are more likely to utilize this service when financial barriers are removed.
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- Title
- Financial incentive and the use of mammography among Hispanic migrants to the United States
- Creators
- Tracy L Skaer - College of Pharmacy , Washington State UniversityLinda M Robison - College of Pharmacy , Washington State UniversityDavid A Sclar - College of Pharmacy , Washington State UniversityGary H Harding - SAC Health System , Loma Linda University, School of Public Health
- Publication Details
- Health care for women international, Vol.17(4), pp.281-291
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacotherapy, Department of
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 99900547912801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article