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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 606-609Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.03.002
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- National Cancer Institute [R03 CA 134195, R25CA11898]
- Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Clinic CTSA from National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) [UL1 RR024989]
- NIH
- NIH roadmap for Medical Research
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Background: Disparities in receipt of preventive services by people with mental illness have been documented previously. However, whether these disparities extend to screening mammography among individuals experiencing comparable barriers to accessing care has not been examined fully. Purpose: To determine whether disparities exist in receipt of screening mammography between women with and without mental illness enrolled in Medicaid, a program with documented potential to reduce healthcare disparities. Methods: Receipt of screening mammography was examined among women aged 50-64 years enrolled in Ohio's Medicaid program during the years 2002-2008 (n = 130,088). Receipt of annual screening mammography was examined among those with at least one screening mammography during the study period. Mental illness was identified through diagnostic, service, and pharmaco-therapy codes (n = 61,661). Results: Compared to women without mental illness, more women with mental illness received at least one screening mammography during the study period (31.7% vs 38.1%, p<0.001). However, after adjusting for potential confounders, including the presence of comorbid conditions and length of enrollment in Medicaid, women with mental illness were 32% less likely to undergo at least one screening mammography (AOR = 0.68, 95% CI = 0.66, 0.70). Among those who received at least one screening mammography, fewer women with mental illness received screening mammography on an annual basis (5.9% vs 12.7%, p<0.001; AOR = 0.53,95% CI = 0.49, 0.56). For all beneficiaries, each year of enrollment in Medicaid increased the likelihood of screening mammography use by at least 50%. Conclusions: Medicaid beneficiaries with mental illness constitute a particularly vulnerable population for suboptimal breast cancer screening. (Am J Prev Med 2012; 42(6):606-609) (C) 2012 American Journal of Preventive Medicine
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