Variation in Eligible Patients' Agreeing to and Receiving Lung Cancer Screening: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Little is known about how clinicians make low-dose computed tomography lung cancer screening decisions in practice. Investigators assessed the factors associated with real-world decision making, hypothesizing that lung cancer risk and comorbidity would not be associated with agreeing to or receiving screening. Though these factors are key determinants of the benefit of lung cancer screening, they are often difficult to incorporate into decisions without the aid of decision tools.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study of patients meeting current national eligibility criteria and deemed appropriate candidates for lung cancer screening on the basis of clinical reminders completed over a 2-year period (2013-2015) at 8 Department of Veterans Affairs medical f

SUBMITTER: Leishman NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10440012 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature