Medical Home Implementation and Follow-Up of Cancer-Related Abnormal Test Results in the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Lack of timely follow-up of cancer-related abnormal test results can lead to delayed or missed diagnoses, adverse cancer outcomes, and substantial cost burden for patients. Care delivery models, such as the Veterans Affairs' (VA) Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT), which aim to improve patient-centered care coordination, could potentially also improve timely follow-up of abnormal test results. PACT was implemented nationally in the VA between 2010 and 2012.

Objective

To evaluate the long-term association between PACT implementation and timely follow-up of abnormal test results related to the diagnosis of 5 different cancers.

Design, setting, and participants

This multiyear retrospective cohort study used 14 years of VA data (2006-2019), which were analyzed us

SUBMITTER: Rajan SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10940951 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature