Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Mailed FIT in a Safety Net Clinic Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mailed fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) can increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates, including for vulnerable patients, but its cost-effectiveness is unclear.

Objective

We sought to examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the initial cycle of our mailed FIT program from November 2017 to July 2019 in a federally qualified health center (FQHC) system in Central Texas.

Design

Single group intervention and economic analysis PARTICIPANTS: Eligible patients were those ages 50-75 who had been seen recently in a system practice and were not up to date with screening.

Intervention

The program mailing packet included an introductory letter in plain language, the FIT itself, easy to read instructions, and a postage-paid lab mailer, supple

SUBMITTER: Pignone M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8606361 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature