Outreach and Inreach Organized Service Screening Programs for Colorectal Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outreach (i.e., to invite those who do not use, or who under use screening services) and inreach (i.e., to invite an existing population who have already accessed the medical system) approaches may influence people to increase their use of screening test; however, whether their outcomes would be equivalent remains unclear.

Methods

A total of 3,363,896 subjects, 50-69 years of age, participated in a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening program using biennial fecal immunochemical tests; 34.5% participated during 2004-2009 when the outreach approach alone was used, and 65.5% participated from 2010-2013 when outreach was integrated with an inreach approach. We compared the outcomes of the two approaches in delivery of screening services.

Results

Coverage rates inc

SUBMITTER: Chou CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4865222 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature