United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-07-25 monographic deposited born digital 62 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-724 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-724 P0b002ee18038a0bc f:d06724 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-724 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-724 GAO-06-724 Breast cancer Disease detection or diagnosis Health care services Health statistics Mammography Medical equipment Medical examinations Women Health care facilities Other Written Product A57442 Mammography, an X-ray procedure that can detect small breast tumors, is an important tool for detecting breast cancer at an early stage and, when coupled with appropriate treatment, can reduce breast cancer deaths. In 2002, GAO reported in Mammography: Capacity Generally Exists to Deliver Services (GAO-02-532) that the capacity to provide mammography services was generally adequate, but that the number of mammography facilities had decreased by 5 percent from 1998 to 2001 and that about one-fourth of counties had no machines. GAO was asked to update its information on facility closures and mammography service capacity. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates mammography quality and maintains a database on mammography facilities and other capacity elements. GAO reviewed FDA data on facility closures and examined reasons for closures in recent years. GAO analyzed changes in the nation's capacity for and use of mammography services using FDA capacity data and National Center for Health Statistics data on service use. GAO also interviewed state and local officials about the effects of the loss or absence of mammography machines on access, including access for medically underserved women, such as those who are poor or uninsured. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-724/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-724.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-724/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-724.pdf GAO-06-724 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-724 Other Written Product GAO-06-724; Mammography: Current Nationwide Capacity Is Adequate, but Access Problems May Exist in Certain Locations; Breast cancer Disease detection or diagnosis Health care services Health statistics Mammography Medical equipment Medical examinations Women Health care facilities Volume 104 Page 409 104 Stat. 409 Volume 106 Page 3547 106 Stat. 3547 Volume 110 Page 3177 110 Stat. 3177 Volume 112 Page 1864 112 Stat. 1864 Volume 118 Page 1738 118 Stat. 1738 Public Law 104-262 Public Law 105-248 Public Law 108-365