How the health care system can improve mammography-screening rates for underserved women: A closer look at the health care delivery system
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Ahmed, NU, Fort, JG, Micah, TH et al. (2001). How the health care system can improve mammography-screening rates for underserved women: A closer look at the health care delivery system
. 24(3), 17-26. 10.1097/00004479-200107000-00005
Ahmed, NU, Fort, JG, Micah, TH et al. (2001). How the health care system can improve mammography-screening rates for underserved women: A closer look at the health care delivery system
. 24(3), 17-26. 10.1097/00004479-200107000-00005
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.