Star power: the effect of Angelina Jolie's personal story of BRCA1 mutation on testing rates among commercially insured women
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Insight on the issues (AARP Public Policy Institute)
- Author(s):
- Walker, Lina, author Morin, Pamela, author
- Contributor(s):
- AARP (Organization) Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization))
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : AARP Public Policy Institute, February 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- BRCA1 Protein -- genetics Breast Neoplasms -- genetics Breast Neoplasms -- prevention & control Famous Persons Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genetic Testing -- statistics & numerical data Genetic Testing -- trends Health Services Needs and Demand Mutation -- genetics Adult Aged Elective Surgical Procedures Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Insurance Claim Review Insurance Coverage Insurance, Health Mass Media Mastectomy Middle Aged Female Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Following Angelina Jolie's May 2013 New York Times op-ed about her double mastectomy after testing positive for a BRCA1 gene mutation, BRCA testing rates among women ages 35 and older enrolled in a large U.S. health insurance carrier increased. The increase was higher among women who had no personal history of breast, ovarian, or pancreatic cancer--women with the same profile as Angelina Jolie--than women with a cancer diagnosis. It was also higher for white and Hispanic women, compared with blacks and Asians. Although we cannot verify that Jolie's story was the only cause of the increase, our results strongly suggest that it was likely the main contributor to increased BRCA testing rates.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (11 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101656655 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101656655