Time to Colonoscopy after Positive Fecal Blood Test in Four U.S. Health Care Systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To reduce colorectal cancer mortality, positive fecal blood tests must be followed by colonoscopy.

Methods

We identified 62,384 individuals ages 50 to 89 years with a positive fecal blood test between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012 in four health care systems within the Population-Based Research Optimizing Screening through Personalized Regimens (PROSPR) consortium. We estimated the probability of follow-up colonoscopy and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using the Kaplan-Meier method. Overall differences in cumulative incidence of follow-up across health care systems were assessed with the log-rank test. HRs and 95% CIs were estimated from multivariate Cox proportional hazards models.

Results

Most patients who received a colonoscopy did so within 6 mon

SUBMITTER: Chubak J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4767632 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature