Low-Value Prostate Cancer Screening Among Young Men With Private Insurance.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

No professional society guidelines recommend PSA screening in men younger than age 40; however, data suggest testing occurs at meaningful rates in this age group. The purpose of this study was to identify the rate of PSA testing in men under 40.

Methods

This is a population-based, retrospective cohort study from 2008 to 2017. Using the MarketScan database, rates of testing for the sum of the annual population of men at risk were evaluated. Descriptive statistics and statistical analyses were performed in men continuously enrolled in the database for at least 5 year. Results were stratified by receipt of PSA testing and by age group. The association of diagnoses and Charlson Comorbidity Index with receipt of PSA test was evaluated using multivariable logistic reg

SUBMITTER: Lange SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11562770 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature