Letter to the editor on article by Dinh et al. Is it ethical to incentivize mammography screening in Medicaid populations? - A policy review and conceptual analysis. By Stamatia Destounis, MD and Sarah Friedewald MD

Stamatia Destounis; Sarah M Friedewald

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106598

Letter to the editor on article by Dinh et al. Is it ethical to incentivize mammography screening in Medicaid populations? - A policy review and conceptual analysis. By Stamatia Destounis, MD and Sarah Friedewald MD

Prev Med. 2022 Jan:154:106598. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106598. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

Authors

Stamatia Destounis¹, Sarah M Friedewald²

Affiliations

¹ Elizabeth Wende Breast Care, Clinical Professor University of Rochester Imaging Sciences, 170 Sawgrass Drive, Rochester, NY 14620, United States of America. Electronic address: sdestounis@ewbc.com.
² Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center, 250 E. Superior Street Rm 4-2304, Chicago, IL 60611, United States of America.

PMID: 34974879
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106598

Abstract

Letter to the Editor on article by Dinh et al- response to the authors comments on " Is it ethical to incentivize mammography screening in Medicaid populations? - A policy review and conceptual analysis".

Keywords: Annual screening mammography; Minority populations; Preventive health; Screening starting at age 40; Women's health.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Early Detection of Cancer
Female
Humans
Mammography
Mass Screening
Medicaid*
Policy
United States