Most privately insured patients do not receive federally recommended abdominal aortic aneurysm screening.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Since 2005, the United States Preventative Services Task Force has recommended abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) ultrasound screening for 65- to 75-year-old male ever-smokers. Integrated health systems such as Kaiser Permanente and the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system report 74% to 79% adherence, but compliance rates in the private sector are unknown.

Methods

The IBM Marketscan Commercial and Medicare Supplemental databases (2006-2017) were queried for male ever-smokers continuously enrolled from age 65 to 75 years. Exclusion criteria were previous history of AAA, connective tissue disorder, and aortic surgery. Patients with abdominal computed tomographic or magnetic resonance imaging from ages 65 to 75 years were also excluded. Screening was defined as a com

SUBMITTER: Ho VT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12009181 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature