Coverage of cervical cancer screening in 57 countries: low average levels and large inequalities

Emmanuela Gakidou; Stella Nordhagen; Ziad Obermeyer

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050132

Coverage of cervical cancer screening in 57 countries: low average levels and large inequalities

PLoS Med. 2008 Jun 17;5(6):e132. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050132.

Authors

Emmanuela Gakidou¹, Stella Nordhagen, Ziad Obermeyer

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America. [email protected] <[email protected]>

Abstract

Emmanuela Gakidou and colleagues find that coverage of cervical cancer screening in developing countries is on average 19% compared to 63% in developed countries.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Age Distribution
Female
Geography
Health Policy
Humans
Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data*
Socioeconomic Factors
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis*