Colorectal cancer testing in the national Veterans Health Administration.

Abstract

Overall rates of CRC screening in VHA are high. Systems-based practices within VHA likely play a role in successful CRC screening. CRC screening is most often via colonoscopy, followed by FOBT. Characteristics associated with non-adherence with FOBT may inform future quality improvement initiatives in health care systems.

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Subjects

• Aged
• Colonoscopy
• Colorectal Neoplasms
• Female
• Humans
• Logistic Models
• Male
• Mass Screening
• Middle Aged
• Occult Blood
• Patient Compliance
• United States
• United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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Authors

• Millie D Long
• Trang Lance
• Douglas Robertson
• Leila Kahwati
• Linda Kinsinger
• Deborah A Fisher

Publication date

2012-01-24

Journal

Journal topics

• Gastroenterology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Digestive diseases and sciences

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box #7080, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7080, USA. millie_long [at] med.unc.edu

Release reference

Dig Dis Sci. 2012 Feb;57(2):288-93

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