Controversy about mammography screening guidelines and physician practices at a university medical center

To determine the effect of the 1994 controversy about mammography screening guidelines on physicians' practices, the authors surveyed primary care physicians at a university medical center in 1995. The 44-item survey elicited information about screening practices for women in four age groups, at the time of the study and five years earlier. High screening rates were maintained for the noncontroversial 50+ age group, but baseline mammography was still being ordered for 30-39-year-olds. Women 40-49 years old as well as older women were being screened less often in 1995.