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Using a Lay Cancer Screening Navigator to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates

Gerald Liu and Allen Perkins
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2015, 28 (2) 280-282; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.140209
Gerald Liu
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
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    Table 1. Comparison of Patient Demographics between Patients Who Are Current and Not Current on Colorectal Cancer Screening at Different Time Points
    CharacteristicBaseline6 Months12 Months
    CurrentNot CurrentCurrentNot CurrentCurrentNot Current
    Total Number (%)398 (28.6)996 (71.4)565 (40.5)829 (59.5)588 (42.2)806 (57.8)
    Screened with
        Colonoscopy300 (75.4)347 (61.4)399 (62.9)
        FIT98 (24.6)218 (38.6)229 (37.1)
    Male (% of total)133 (33.4)327 (32.8)179 (31.7)281 (33.9)181 (30.8)372 (34.7)
    Average age ± SD*60.3 ± 6.058.9 ± 6.260.3 ± 6.058.9 ± 6.260.4 ± 6.059.3 ± 6.3
    Average CIRS ± SD*9.8 ± 4.38.7 ± 3.99.7 ± 4.18.6 ± 3.99.5 ± 4.28.6 ± 4.0
    Insurance type*†
        Commercial214516296432312418
        Medicare121250171203175199
        Medicaid551998616787164
        None83112271425
    PCP*
        Faculty and NP296581393481410465
        Resident102415171348178342
    • ↵* P < .05 between current and not current comparisons at each time point.

    • ↵† The number of patients in each insurance type are different between time points due to movement between insurances (e.g., qualification for Medicare).

    • FIT, fecal immunochemical test; SD, standard deviation; CIRS, Cumulative Illness Rating Scale; PCP, primary care provider; NP, nurse practitioner.

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Gerald Liu, Allen Perkins
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