Socioeconomic, racial inequities in breast cancer screening during pandemic in Washington state

What The Study Did:

Researchers

used clinical data to examine differences in breast


cancer screenings before and during the COVID-19 pandemic overall and among sociodemographic


groups. Data included completed screening mammograms within a large statewide nonprofit community health care system from April 2018 through December 2020.

Authors:


Ofer Amram, Ph.D., of Washington State University in Spokane,

is the corresponding author.

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