Boston Patient Navigation Research Program: the impact of navigation on time to diagnostic resolution after abnormal cancer screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a need for controlled studies to assess the impact of patient navigation in vulnerable cancer populations.

Methods

Boston Patient Navigation Research Program conducted a quasi-experimental patient navigation intervention across six federally qualified inner-city community health centers, three assigned to a breast cancer navigation intervention and three assigned to a cervical cancer navigation intervention; each group then served as the control for the other. Eligible women had an abnormal breast or cervical cancer screening test conducted at one of the participating health centers during a baseline (2004-2005) or intervention period (2007-2008). Kaplan-Meier survival curves and proportional hazards regression examined the effect of patient navigation on

SUBMITTER: Battaglia TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3472624 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature