Cancer Screening Disparities Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer-screening disparities existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is unclear whether those have changed since the pandemic.

Objective

To assess whether changes in screening from before the pandemic to after the pandemic varied for immigrants and for people with limited income.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based, cross-sectional study, using data from March 31, 2019, and March 31, 2022, included adults in Ontario, Canada, the country's most populous province, with more than 14 million people, almost 30% of whom are immigrants. At both dates, the screening-eligible population for each cancer type was assessed.

Exposures

Neighborhood income quintile, immigrant status, and primary care model

SUBMITTER: Lofters AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10660460 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature