Pandemic prompts reduced mammography, MRI use

Pandemic prompts reduced mammography, MRI use

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Researchers found that preventive and elective care service use in the US dropped in March and April amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with mammography use among women ages 46 to 64 declining nearly 67% and MRI utilization decreasing by 45%, compared with the same period last year. The findings in JAMA Network Open also showed that telemedicine visits in April rose over 4,000%, compared with the same month last year, but the increase only offset approximately 40% of the reduction in health care office visits.

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