Cost-Effectiveness of Community-to-Clinic Tailored Navigation for Colorectal Cancer Screening in an Underserved Population: Economic Evaluation Alongside a Group-Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Although screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) lowers mortality and morbidity and is generally cost-effective, little is known about the cost-effectiveness of screening promotion.

Design

Cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a group-randomized trial. Setting: Multicultural, underinsured communities in the Phoenix, Arizona, area.

Subjects

English- or Spanish-speaking adults who were out of compliance for CRC screening guidelines.

Intervention

All participants received community-based group education (GE), and the intervention group also received tailored community-to-clinic navigation (GE+TN).

Measures

Number of participants screened and costs of tailored navigation, clinic visits, and CRC screening tests.

Analysis

Incremental cost per addi

SUBMITTER: Herman PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9771473 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature