A statewide program providing colorectal cancer screening to the uninsured of South Carolina.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Cancer screening rates are lowest in those without insurance or a regular provider. Since 2008, the Colorectal Cancer Prevention Network (CCPN) has provided open access colonoscopy to uninsured residents of South Carolina through established, statewide partnerships and patient navigation. Herein, we describe the structure, implementation, and clinical outcomes of this program. METHODS:The CCPN provides access to colonoscopy screening at no cost to uninsured, asymptomatic patients aged 50-64 years (African Americans age 45-64 years are eligible) who live at or below 150% of the poverty line and seek medical care in free medical clinics, federally qualified health centers, or hospital-based indigent practices in South Carolina. Screening is performed by board-certified gastroenter

SUBMITTER: Eberth JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5910186 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature