Socioeconomic inequalities in uptake of outreach mammography before and after accessibility improvement of Taiwan's national universal breast cancer screening policy

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 2439 - 9
• Main Authors: Shen, Cheng-Ting, Hsieh, Hui-Min, Tsao, Yu-Hsiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.09.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Accessibility; Aged; Analysis; Breast cancer; Breast Cancer Screening; Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control; Cancer screening; Care and treatment; Community-Institutional Relations; Data science; Demographic aspects; Diagnosis; Early Detection of Cancer - statistics & numerical data; Economic aspects; Education; Family medical history; Female; Females; Health care disparities; Health disparities; Health Policy; Health Services Accessibility; Healthcare Disparities; Hospitals; Humans; Local communities; Mammography; Mammography - statistics & numerical data; Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data; Medical screening; Middle Aged; Mobile Mammography units; National health insurance; Observational studies; Outreach Screening; Participation; Population studies; Quality control; Quality Improvement; Rural areas; Social aspects; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic inequalities; Socioeconomics; Taiwan; Urbanization; Utilization; Womens health; Taiwan; France; Outreach Screening; Socioeconomic inequalities; Mammography; Breast Cancer Screening; Mobile Mammography units

Taiwan implemented the Cancer Screening Quality Improvement Program (CAQIP) in 2010. The program sought to enhance mass breast cancer screening accessibility. This study aimed to examine socioeconomic disparities in outreach screening utilization pre-CAQIP (2005-2009) and post-CAQIP (2010-2014). We...