Prostate cancer screening practices in a large, integrated health system: 2007-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess prostate cancer screening practices in primary care since the initial United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for older men, and to assess primary provider variation associated with prostate cancer screening.

Patients and methods

Our study population included 160 211 men aged ≥40 years with at least one visit to a primary care clinic in any of the study years in a large, integrated health system. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using electronic medical record data from January 2007 to December 2014. Yearly rates of screening PSA testing by primary care providers (PCPs), rates of re-screening, and rates of prostate biopsies were assessed.

Results

Annual PSA-scree

SUBMITTER: Misra-Hebert AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5515687 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature