United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-05-08 monographic deposited born digital 14 p. GA 1.13:T-HEHS-98-164 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-164 P0b002ee18037413e f:he98164t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-164 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-164 T-HEHS-98-164 Breast cancer Disease detection or diagnosis Women Medical equipment Health care facilities Inspection Quality control Testimony HEHS The overall impact of the Mammography Quality Standards Act on mammography services has been positive, increasing the adherence of mammography facilities to accepted quality assurance standards and improving the quality of X-ray images. The impact on early detection of breast cancer is less clear. Improving the quality of mammography images should lead to more accurate interpretation by doctors and, therefore, to more early detection of breast cancer. However, neither data nor research methodologies are now in place to clearly establish these links. Progress is being made to address these problems so that improvements in cancer outcomes can be measured. Regarding concerns that the additional burden of the act's quality assurance standards could lead facilities to close rather than to upgrade, GAO found no indication that the act has caused access problems. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-164/html/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-164.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-164/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-164.pdf GAO/T-HEHS-98-164 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-HEHS-98-164 Testimony GAO/T-HEHS-98-164; Mammography Quality Standards Act: X-ray Quality Improved,; Breast cancer Disease detection or diagnosis Women Medical equipment Health care facilities Inspection Quality control