Incident colorectal cancer screening and associated healthcare resource utilization and Medicare cost among Medicare beneficiaries aged 66-75 years in 2016-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While prevalence of up-to-date screening status is the usual reported statistic, annual screening incidence may better reflect current clinical practices and is more actionable. Our main purpose was to examine incident colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates in Medicare beneficiaries and to explore characteristics associated with CRC screening.

Methods

Using 20% Medicare random sample data, the study population included 2016-2018 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries covered by Parts A and B aged 66-75 years at average CRC risk. For each study year, we excluded individuals who had a Medicare claim for a colonoscopy within 9 years, flexible sigmoidoscopy within 4 years, and multitarget stool DNA test (mt-sDNA) within 2 years prior; therefore, any observed screenin

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9531423 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature