Lower mammography rates

Low reimbursement and malpractice fears are cited amongst the reasons for this troubling finding:

Another potential factor, the authors say, is that there might be fewer doctors doing the test, which could lead to long delays in women getting appointments. The authors referred to a recent Institute of Medicine report that speculated that low reimbursements by insurers and increased malpractice litigation against radiologists who read mammograms could be limiting the physicians providing this test.

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