Patient and provider characteristics associated with colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer screening among Asian Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Routinely recommended screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers can significantly reduce mortality from these types of cancer, yet screening is underutilized among Asians. Surveys rely on self-report and often are underpowered for analysis by Asian ethnicities. Electronic health records (EHR) include validated (as opposed to recall-based) rates of cancer screening. In this article, we seek to better understand cancer screening patterns in a population of insured Asian Americans.

Methods

We calculated rates of compliance with cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer screening among Asians from an EHR population and compared them with non-Hispanic whites. We performed multivariable modeling to evaluate potential predictors (at the provider- and patient-l

SUBMITTER: Thompson CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4221799 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature