Primary care practice organization influences colorectal cancer screening performance.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify primary care practice characteristics associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) screening performance, controlling for patient-level factors.

Data sources/study setting

Primary care director survey (1999-2000) of 155 VA primary care clinics linked with 38,818 eligible patients' sociodemographics, utilization, and CRC screening experience using centralized administrative and chart-review data (2001).

Study design

Practices were characterized by degrees of centralization (e.g., authority over operations, staffing, outside-practice influence); resources (e.g., sufficiency of nonphysician staffing, space, clinical support arrangements); and complexity (e.g., facility size, academic status, managed care penetration), adjusting for patient-level covariat

SUBMITTER: Yano EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1955248 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature