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Objective: To characterize the patient population using weekend and evening appointments for screening mammography versus standard appointment times across four outpatient facilities in our academic health system.
Methods: In this institutional review board-approved retrospective cohort study, there were 203,101 screening mammograms from 67,323 patients who had a screening mammogram performed at outpatient centers at a multisite academic institution from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2022. Screening appointments were defined as "standard appointment time" (between 8 am and 5 pm on Monday through Friday) or "weekend or evening appointment time" (scheduled after 5 pm on Monday through Friday or at any time on a Saturday or Sunday). Associations between appointment group and patient characteristics were analyzed using univariate and multivariate logistic regression.
Results: Most screening mammograms (n = 185,436, 91.3%) were performed at standard times. The remainder (n = 17,665, 8.7%) were performed during weekends or evenings. As we created additional weekend and evening appointments after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the annual percentage of all screening mammograms performed on evenings and weekends increased. On multivariate analysis, when compared with standard appointment times, we found that patients who were younger than age 50 (P < .001), a race other than non-Hispanic White (P < .001), non-English speakers (P < .001), and from less advantaged zip codes (P < .03) were more likely to use weekend and evening appointment times compared with those aged 70 and above, non-Hispanic White patients, English speakers, and those from the most advantaged zip codes.
Conclusions: Weekend and evening appointment availability for screening mammograms might improve screening access for all patients, particularly for those younger than age 50, those of races other than non-Hispanic White, and those from less advantaged zip codes.
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