Socioeconomic and Racial Inequities in Breast Cancer Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Washington State

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 May 3;4(5):e2110946. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.10946.

Authors

Ofer Amram^{1

2}, Jeanne Robison^{3

4}, Solmaz Amiri¹, Bethann Pflugeisen³, John Roll¹, Pablo Monsivais¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane.
² Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman.
³ Multicare Institute for Research & Innovation, Tacoma, Washington.
⁴ Multicare Deaconess Cancer & Blood Specialty Centers, Spokane, Washington.

Abstract

This cohort study investigates the rates of breast cancer screening before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among women in Washington State.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control*
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Female
Healthcare Disparities / economics
Healthcare Disparities / ethnology
Healthcare Disparities / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Mammography / statistics & numerical data*
Middle Aged
Racial Groups / statistics & numerical data*
Socioeconomic Factors
Washington / epidemiology