Using Policy and Law to Help Reduce Endometriosis Diagnostic Delay

Annika J Penzer; Scott J Schweikart

doi:10.1001/amajethics.2025.104

Ethics and Policy · Policy and Regulation

Using Policy and Law to Help Reduce Endometriosis Diagnostic Delay

Penzer AJ, Schweikart SJ

Published February 2025 AMA journal of ethics

DOI 10.1001/amajethics.2025.104 PMID 39899823

Abstract

Despite high incidence of endometriosis internationally and domestically, many patients wait a decade after symptom onset for an accurate diagnosis. This article suggests why diagnostic criteria should be clarified and why endometriosis screening should be incentivized among members of the public, clinicians, and health care organizations.

Topics

Ethics and Policy › Policy and Regulation › Access and Coverage Policy · General Gynecology › Screening and Prevention › Cervical Cancer Screening · Clinical Guidelines and Standards › Diagnostic Criteria and Classification › Diagnostic Criteria

Annika J Penzer, Scott J Schweikart

A Penzer, S Schweikart

PMID 39899823 39899823 DOI 10.1001/amajethics.2025.104 10.1001/amajethics.2025.104 Penzer et al. 2025, Penzer 2025

Using Policy and Law to Help Reduce Endometriosis Diagnostic Delay

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