Costs and cost effectiveness of a health care provider-directed intervention to promote colorectal cancer screening.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening remains underutilized in the United States. Prior studies reporting the cost effectiveness of randomized interventions to improve CRC screening have not been replicated in the setting of small physician practices. We recently conducted a randomized trial evaluating an academic detailing intervention in 264 small practices in geographically diverse New York City communities. The objective of this secondary analysis is to assess the cost effectiveness of this intervention.

Methods

A total of 264 physician offices were randomly assigned to usual care or to a series of visits from trained physician educators. CRC screening rates were measured at baseline and 12 months. The intervention costs were measured and the incremental cost-effecti

SUBMITTER: Shankaran V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2773222 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature