Financial Incentives to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake and Decrease Disparities: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Colorectal cancer screening rates are suboptimal, particularly among sociodemographically disadvantaged groups.

Objective

To examine whether guaranteed money or probabilistic lottery financial incentives conditional on completion of colorectal cancer screening increase screening uptake, particularly among groups with lower screening rates.

Design, setting, and participants

This parallel, 3-arm randomized clinical trial was conducted from March 13, 2017, through April 12, 2018, at 21 medical centers in an integrated health care system in western Washington. A total of 838 age-eligible patients overdue for colorectal cancer screening who completed a questionnaire that confirmed eligibility and included sociodemographic and psychosocial questions were enrolled

SUBMITTER: Green BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6789432 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature