Invitation or summons? UK debate surrounds messages about mammography.

Strategic Management in the Healthcare Sector: The Debate About the Resource-Based View Flourishes in Response to Recent Commentaries

Does the Letter Matter ( and for Everyone ) ? Quasi - experimental Evidence on the Eff ects of Home Invitation on Mammography Uptake

We exploit regional variation in the availability of breast cancer screening policies and variations in age eligibility criteria across European regions to estimate the causal eff ect of home invitation on mammography uptake. We link administrative public data about regional breast cancer screening policies from various sources to individual Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHA...

Women's understanding of the mammography screening debate.

BACKGROUND The fractious public debate over mammography screening recommendations for women aged 40 to 49 years has received extensive attention in medical journals and in the press. OBJECTIVE To learn how women interpret the mammography screening debate. METHODS We mailed a survey to a random sample of American women 18 years and older, oversampling women of screening age (40-70 years). Si...

Impact of invitation schemes on breast cancer screening coverage: A cohort study from Copenhagen, Denmark

Background The purpose of mammography screening is to decrease breast cancer mortality. To achieve this a high coverage by examination is needed. Within an organized screening programme, we examined the impact of changes in the invitation schedule on the interplay between coverage and participation. Method We studied nine cohorts aged 50-51 when first targeted by mammography screening in Copenh...

Are women getting relevant information about mammography screening for an informed consent: a critical appraisal of information brochures used for screening invitation in Germany, Italy, Spain and France.

BACKGROUND The aim was to find out if information brochures on mammography screening in Germany, Italy, Spain and France contain more information to facilitate informed consent than in similar studies carried out over the last few years in Sweden, Canada, USA and the UK, countries with different medical cultures. METHODS We generated a list of essential information items on mammography screen...