PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Waseem Khaliq
AU  - Ché Matthew Harris
AU  - Regina Landis
AU  - John F. P. Bridges
AU  - Scott M. Wright
TI  - Hospitalized Women’s Willingness to Pay for an Inpatient Screening Mammogram
AID  - 10.1370/afm.1694
DP  - 2014 Nov 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 556--558
VI  - 12
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/12/6/556.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/12/6/556.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2014 Nov 01; 12
AB  - Lower rates for breast cancer screening persist among low income and uninsured women. Although Medicare and many other insurance plans would pay for screening mammograms done during hospital stays, breast cancer screening has not been part of usual hospital care. This study explores the mean amount of money that hospitalized women were willing to contribute towards the cost of a screening mammogram. Of the 193 enrolled patients, 72% were willing to pay a mean of $83.41 (95% CI, $71.51–$95.31) in advance towards inpatient screening mammogram costs. The study’s findings suggest that hospitalized women value the prospect of screening mammography during the hospitalization. It may be wise policy to offer mammograms to nonadherent hospitalized women, especially those who are at high risk for developing breast cancer.