TY - JOUR
T1 - Mammography for older women
T2 - Who uses, who benefits?
AU - Mor, V.
AU - Pacala, J. T.
AU - Rakowski, W.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - In order to juxtopose the health, social, and behavioral factors associated with use of screening mammography with short-term mortality among elderly women, we analyzed the NHIS Cancer Epidemiology Supplemental Survey and the Longitudinal Study of Aging. After controlling for sociodemographic factors, having a usual source of care of and knowledge of screening guidelines, we found that a woman's health status is unrelated to having had a screening mammogram. Analyses of the LSOA, however, revealed that health factors were strongly related to 4-year mortality, particularly among women 75 and over. As it is unlikely that the subpopulation of older women who are at high risk of death within 4 years will benefit from a program of universal screening, outreach program messages and physician education programs should probably be designed to proactively recruit those most likely to benefit.
AB - In order to juxtopose the health, social, and behavioral factors associated with use of screening mammography with short-term mortality among elderly women, we analyzed the NHIS Cancer Epidemiology Supplemental Survey and the Longitudinal Study of Aging. After controlling for sociodemographic factors, having a usual source of care of and knowledge of screening guidelines, we found that a woman's health status is unrelated to having had a screening mammogram. Analyses of the LSOA, however, revealed that health factors were strongly related to 4-year mortality, particularly among women 75 and over. As it is unlikely that the subpopulation of older women who are at high risk of death within 4 years will benefit from a program of universal screening, outreach program messages and physician education programs should probably be designed to proactively recruit those most likely to benefit.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 1430881
AN - SCOPUS:0026495723
SN - 0022-1422
VL - 47
SP - 43
EP - 49
JO - Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences
JF - Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences
IS - SPEC. ISS.
ER -