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This research aims to estimate the personal costs, including time and money, incurred by women diagnosed with a breast problem.

April 21, 1999JNCI Journal of the National Cancer InstituteOpen Access

Screening for Breast Cancer: Time, Travel, and Out-of-Pocket Expenses

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RSRoger H. Secker‐WalkerUniversity of Vermont PVPamela M. VacekUniversity of Vermont GHGary J. HooperUniversity of Otago

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Randomized trial estimates personal costs of time and money in women with breast problems, suggesting impactful expenses regardless of detection method.

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This research aims to estimate the personal costs, including time and money, incurred by women diagnosed with a breast problem.
Analyzed data from personal interviews with 465 women from four Florida communities
Women were randomly selected based on recent breast biopsies indicating either breast cancer or benign breast disease
Evaluation included a multifaceted intervention site and three comparison sites for breast screening promotion
Women with breast cancer spent 89 hours and traveled 369 miles for treatment and follow-up (P<.001)
Breast cancer treatment costs averaged $604 compared to $76 for benign disease (P<.001)
Detection costs were lower for screening-detected cases ($453) compared to symptom-detected cases ($749, P=0.045)

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Secker‐Walker et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70468ae5469ee92be1051f https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/91.8.702

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Randomized trial estimates personal costs of time and money in women with breast problems, suggesting impactful expenses regardless of detection method.

Screening for Breast Cancer: Time, Travel, and Out-of-Pocket Expenses

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Screening for Breast Cancer: Time, Travel, and Out-of-Pocket Expenses

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