• DocumentCode
    1981041
  • Title

    Factors associated with the prediction of attendance to the UK Breast Screening Programme

  • Author

    Arochena, H.E. ; Naguib, R.N.G. ; Mashhoudy, H. ; Wheaton, M.E. ; Wallis, M.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Math. & Inf. Sci., Coventry Univ., UK
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    3714
  • Abstract
    An analysis of the predictors of attendance and screening variation to the UK Breast Screening Programme over four episodes is carried out. Variables such as Townsend deprivation score and postal area (zip code) are taken into account.
  • Keywords
    cancer; mammography; Townsend deprivation score; UK Breast Screening Programme; UK National Health Service; attendance prediction; breast cancer; nonsymptomatic women; postal area; zip code; Aging; Breast cancer; Hospitals; Information analysis; Information science; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7211-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019643
  • Filename
    1019643
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1981041