METHODS: Between January 1 and December 31, 2007, a total of 320,635 women underwent a screening mammogram through the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP), of whom 25,543 had an abnormal result requiring further assessment. Established indicators assessing timeliness, appropriateness of follow-...
wherebreast cancer screeningis universally subsidized by provincial health plans either via physician referrals or self-referral in Ontario through the Ontario Breast Cancer Screening Program, the authors note.
Using population‐based health databases, this retrospective cohort study examined women between the ages of 50 and 74, with and without diabetes, living in the province of Ontario, Canada, who underwent screening through a centralized program and who had an abnormal mammogram between 2003 and 2012...
Using population‐based health databases, this retrospective cohort study examined women between the ages of 50 and 74, with and without diabetes, living in the province of Ontario, Canada, who underwent screening through a centralized program and who had an abnormal mammogram between 2003 and 2012...
Due to the pandemic, wait times for most medical procedures throughout the province may have increased – including for tests such as screening mammograms. At the Toronto Centre for Medical Imaging, our wait times are short for screeningmammogramto accommodate our patients in a timely fashion. Urg...
women, and how social and cultural environments influence their health and health behaviors. As a second-year graduate student, Elewonibi was awarded a Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Training Fellowship, which sparked her research into breast cancer screenings and mortality rates in populations at ...
Objective To determine the contribution of SES differences to breast cancer screening rates in women with versus without diabetes. Methods Using population-based health databases from Ontario, Canada, we compared the likelihood of a mammogram over 3 years between women aged 50-67 years from 1999 to...
Ensuring equal access to care is particularly important in health care settings such as Canada, wherebreast cancer screeningis universally subsidized by provincial health plans either via physician referrals or self-referral in Ontario through the Ontario Breast Cancer Screening Program, the authors note...