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Table 3. Unadjusted Delays in Clinical Care Following an Abnormal Mammogram¹ for Massachusetts BCCEDP² Participants.

Measures	Pre Case Management 7/1/1998-6/30/2001	Post Case Management 7/1/2001-12/31/2003	Post Free Treatment 1/1/2004-6/30/2007	p-value⁵

All Participants (n = 2,252)

Diagnostic Delay³	n = 832	n = 536	n = 884

	274 (33%)	121 (23%)	180 (20%)	p < 0.001

Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer (n = 442)

Treatment Delay⁴	n = 139	n = 105	n = 198

	34 (24%)	15 (14%)	22 (11%)	p = 0.001

Mammograms associated with BI-RADS results 4 (suspicious abnormality) or 5 (highly suggestive of malignancy) that occurred 7/1/1998 – 3/31/2007.

BCCEDP: Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.

Diagnostic delay: > 60 days from the index abnormal mammogram to diagnostic resolution.

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Treatment delay: > 90 days from the index abnormal mammogram to initiation of treatment.

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Cochran-Armitage test.

Table 3. Unadjusted Delays in Clinical Care Following an Abnormal Mammogram1 for Massachusetts BCCEDP2 Participants.