Factors Associated With Low-Value Cancer Screenings in the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Most clinical practice guidelines recommend stopping cancer screenings when risks exceed benefits, yet low-value screenings persist. The Veterans Health Administration focuses on improving the value and quality of care, using a patient-centered medical home model that may affect cancer screening behavior.

Objective

To understand rates and factors associated with outpatient low-value cancer screenings.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study assessed the receipt of low-value cancer screening and associated factors among 5 993 010 veterans. Four measures of low-value cancer screening defined by validated recommendations of practices to avoid were constructed using administrative data. Patients with cancer screenings in 2017 at Veterans Health Admi

SUBMITTER: Schuttner L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8536952 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature