Use and Costs of Breast Cancer Screening for Women in Their 40s in a US Population With Private Insurance

Natalia Kunst; Jessica B Long; Xiao Xu; Susan H Busch; Kelly A Kyanko; Ilana B Richman; Cary P Gross

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0262

Use and Costs of Breast Cancer Screening for Women in Their 40s in a US Population With Private Insurance

Natalia Kunst^*, Jessica B Long, Xiao Xu, Susan H Busch, Kelly A Kyanko, Ilana B Richman, Cary P Gross

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Centre for Health Economics

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Abstract

This study uses Blue Cross Blue Shield Axis data to examine the total annual cost of breast cancer screening for women aged 40 through 49 years in the United States.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	799-801
Number of pages	3
Journal	JAMA Internal Medicine
Volume	180
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0262
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2020

Keywords

Adult
Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis
Early Detection of Cancer/economics
Female
Health Care Costs
Humans
Insurance, Health/economics
Mammography/economics
Mass Screening/economics
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data

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