How the health care system can improve mammography-screening rates for underserved women: a closer look at the health care delivery system

J Ambul Care Manage. 2001 Jul;24(3):17-26. doi: 10.1097/00004479-200107000-00005.

Abstract

The way care is delivered has dramatic impact on the patient-provider interaction and the outcomes experienced by the patient. This article explores a deceptively simple but very powerful method for evaluating and improving care delivery. Mammography is a routine screening procedure. However, many factors can influence how frequently women seek and obtain mammograms. Twenty-five low-income women identified empowering factors and barriers they experienced when trying to obtain a mammogram.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities / organization & administration*
  • Decision Making
  • Efficiency, Organizational
  • Female
  • Focus Groups
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Mammography / statistics & numerical data*
  • Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data*
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / psychology*
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Poverty
  • Tennessee