Table 5.

Relationship between Damage Caps and Cancer Screening Rates

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
	Mammogram	Physical Breast Exam	Proctoscopic Exam	PSA Testing	Digital Rectal Exam	Pap Smear
Non-Economic Damage Cap	−0.003 (0.006)	−0.005 (0.007)	−0.006 (0.005)	0.002 (0.006)	0.014 (0.008)	−0.007 (0.006)
95% Confidence Band for Coefficient of Non- Economic Damage Cap Variable (Percentage Point Impacts)	[−0.015, 0.008]	[−0.019, 0.009]	[−0.016, 0.003]	[−0.009, 0.013]	[−0.001, 0.030]	[−0.019, 0.005]
95% Confidence Band, scaled by mean screening rate (Percentage Impacts)	[−0.021, 0.011]	[−0.030, 0.014]	[−0.040, 0.008]	[−0.017, 0.025]	[−0.002, 0.060]	[−0.032, 0.008]
N	1009965	1155814	843960	252232	340931	1662616

Notes: robust standard errors corrected for within-state correlation in the error term are reported in parentheses. All regressions included state and year fixed effects.

Source: 1987–2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Records.

^***Significant at the 1 percent level.

^**Significant at the 5 percent level.

^*Significant at the 10 percent level.