Primary Care Practitioner Perceptions on the Follow-up of Abnormal Cancer Screening Test Results.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health care systems focus on delivering routine cancer screening to eligible individuals, yet little is known about the perceptions of primary care practitioners (PCPs) about barriers to timely follow-up of abnormal results.

Objective

To describe PCP perceptions about factors associated with the follow-up of abnormal breast, cervical, colorectal, and lung cancer screening test results.

Design, setting, and participants

Survey study of PCPs from 3 primary care practice networks in New England between February and October 2020, prior to participating in a randomized clinical trial to improve follow-up of abnormal cancer screening test results. Participants were physicians and advanced practice clinicians from participating practices.

Main outcomes and meas

SUBMITTER: Atlas SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9523497 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature