Cost-effectiveness of a standard intervention versus a navigated intervention on colorectal cancer screening use in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is cost-effective but underused. The objective of this study was to determine the cost-effectiveness of a mailed standard intervention (SI) and tailored navigation interventions (TNIs) to increase CRC screening use in the context of a randomized trial among primary care patients.

Methods

Participants (n = 945) were randomized either to a usual care control group (n = 317), to an SI group (n = 316), or to a TNI group (n = 312). The SI group was sent both colonoscopy instructions and stool blood tests irrespective of baseline preference. TNI group participants were sent instructions for scheduling a colonoscopy, a stool blood test, or both based on their test preference, as determined at baseline; then, they received a navigation te

SUBMITTER: Lairson DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3961516 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature