Table 4.

Patient-Reported Quality of Breast Care^*

	Women Reporting Excellent Overall Quality of Breast Care
Characteristic	Baseline Survey (N = 579)	Follow-up Survey (N = 447)
Eligibility criteria
Abnormal mammogram	46.6	44.9
Clinical breast complaint	47.2	47.5
Age, y
<50	44.4	46.6
≥50	49.3	44.9
Race/ethnicity
White	51.9†	49.8‡
African American	35.9	35.6
Hispanic	33.3	25.0
Other	18.5	35.7
Family history of breast cancer
Yes	47.1	52.0
No	46.3	43.4
Payer
Managed care	42.9‡	42.4
Other payer	52.8	50.7
Degree of worry
Not at all/a little worried	48.2	46.6
Very/somewhat worried	40.7	42.5
Radiologist's recommendation for further care based on index mammogram
Biopsy	45.7	49.9
Other§	47.0	45.3

^‡Unadjusted P < .05 for comparison within characteristic.

^†Unadjusted P < .005 for comparison within characteristic.

^§Includes recommendation for additional imaging, follow-up as clinically indicated, and routine follow-up.

^*Note: Some categories include missing data.