Primary care outreach and decision counseling for lung cancer screening.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lung cancer screening rates are very low despite a level B recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force since 2013 and clear evidence that lung cancer screening reduces mortality. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires shared decision-making (SDM) for lung cancer screening reimbursement. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of an SDM intervention on lung cancer screening in primary care.

Methods

The study design was a single-arm clinical trial design. The intervention included phone contact outside of a primary care visit and the use of the Decision Counseling Program ®, an online interactive decision aid focused on determining the factors which influence patients to screen or not screen, prioritizing th

SUBMITTER: Bittner Fagan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11646683 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature