Patient Satisfaction with the Communication of Mammographic Results Before and After the Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 1998
Aparna Priyanath1,
Joe Feinglass1,
Nancy C. Dolan1,
Corinne Haviley2 and
Luz A. Venta3
1
Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School,
675 N. St. Clair, Ste. 18-200, Chicago, IL 60611.
2
Department of Ambulatory Oncology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 675 N. St.
Clair, 3rd Fl., Chicago, IL 60611.
3
Department of Radiology, Section of Breast Imaging, Methodist Hospital, Baylor
College of Medicine, 6550 Fannin St., 7th Fl., Ste. 701, Houston, TX
77030.

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Fig. 1. Chart shows results of patient satisfaction surveys conducted
in April 1999, before passage of Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization
Act of 1998, which requires written notification of all mammographic results,
and in January 2000, after implementation of mandate. Branching lines from
main cell represent number of patients and percentage of total from preceding
main cell. Direct lines represent number and proportion from preceding
cell.
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