Initiation of Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Medicaid Enrollees.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Few studies have explored how individual- and practice-level factors influence colorectal cancer screening initiation among Medicaid enrollees newly age eligible for colorectal cancer screening (i.e., turning 50 years). This study explored colorectal cancer screening initiation among newly age-eligible Medicaid enrollees in Oregon.

Methods

Medicaid claims data (January 2013 to June 2015) were used to conduct multivariable logistic regression (in 2018 and 2019) to explore individual- and practice-level factors associated with colorectal cancer screening initiation among 9,032 Medicaid enrollees.

Results

A total of 17% of Medicaid enrollees initiated colorectal cancer screening; of these, 64% received a colonoscopy (versus fecal testing). Colorectal cancer

SUBMITTER: Mojica CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7359742 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature