Increasing breast-cancer screening uptake: A randomized controlled experiment

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Health Economics
Year: 2018
Volume: 58
Issue: C
Pages: 228-252

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Early screening increases the likelihood of detecting cancer, thereby improving survival rates. National screening programs have been established in which eligible women receive a letter containing a voucher for a free screening. Even so, mammography use is often considered as remaining too low. We test four behavioral interventions in a large-scale randomized experiment involving 26,495 women. Our main assumption is that, due to biases in decision-making, women may be sensitive to the content and presentation of the invitation letter they receive. None of our treatments had any significant impact on mammography use. Sub-sample analysis suggests that this lack of a significant impact holds also for women invited for the first time and low-income women.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jhecon:v:58:y:2018:i:c:p:228-252
Journal Field
Health
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25