Open AccessColorectal cancer screening use among insured adults: Is out-of-pocket cost a barrier to routine screening?
Author(s) -
Abhilash Perisetti,
Hafiz Khan,
Nayana George,
Rachana Yendala,
Aamrin Rafiq,
Summre Blakely,
Drew Rasmussen,
Nathan Villalpando,
Hemant Goyal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2150-5349
DOI - 10.4292/wjgpt.v9.i4.31
Subject(s) - medicine , sigmoidoscopy , fecal occult blood , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , odds ratio , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , confounding , cancer screening , population , cancer , odds , risk factor , logistic regression , environmental health
To describe the characteristics of adults who needed to see a doctor in the past year but could not due to the extra cost and assess the impact of limited financial resources on the receipt of routine fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy for colon cancer screening among insured patients.