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Have Health Reforms in Brazil Reduced Inequities in Access to Cancer Screenings for Women?
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Have Health Reforms in Brazil Reduced Inequities in Access to Cancer Screenings for Women?

Pricila Mullachery, James Macinko and Diana Silver
The Journal of ambulatory care management, v 43(3), pp 257-266
01 Jul 2020
PMID: 32467438
Featured in Collection :   UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel

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Health Care Sciences & Services Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
We measured asset-based and education-based inequity in utilization of 2 cancer screening tests, Pap tests and mammograms, using nationally representative surveys conducted in 2003, 2008, and 2013. Utilization of Pap tests (ages 25-59 years) and mammograms (ages 50-69 years) increased over time. Asset-based and education-based inequities declined significantly for both screening tests, particularly among women who reported a doctor visit in the previous year. This decline coincided with increases in the coverage of primary health care in Brazil. However, barriers persisted; in 2013, college-educated women were still 2.27 times more likely to have a mammogram than those who were illiterate.

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