Characteristics of primary care physicians and their practices associated with mammography rates for older women.

Background: Mammography screening rates are below national recommendations for older women. Understanding the relation between the characteristics of primary care physicians (PCPs) and mammography rates for older women can help to target screening improvement efforts.

Methods: Subjects were 2527 PCPs practicing in Michigan between 1997 and 1998.

Personalized targeted mailing increases mammography among long-term noncompliant medicare beneficiaries: a randomized trial.

Objectives: The study purpose was to increase mammography screening among older women by identifying female Medicare beneficiaries without a recent mammogram and assesses the cost-effectiveness of a personalized targeted mailing encouraging them to have a mammogram.

Methods: A randomized paired controlled trial included 1229 pairs of women matched on zip code, race, and urban or rural county. Postintervention mammography claims were measured from November 1997 through December 1998.