Table 3. Cancer Screening Rates among Eligible Intervention and Comparison Group Patients Overdue for at Least 1 Cancer Screening Test During the Study Period
Average Cancer Screening Test Completion Rates
UnadjustedAdjusted*
InterventionComparisonP Value
No.Rate (%)No.Rate (%)Intervention (%)Comparison (%)P Value
All eligible cancers18,87318.319,20117.8.5918.8%17.8%.28
Breast692723.2648624.0.5223.7%24.0%.80
Cervical891923.3964021.1.2323.4%21.1%.14
Colorectal81358.777409.3.299.0%9.3%.53
Practices in top tertile of TopCare practice delegate use
All eligible cancers627622.3767816.9.00320.816.9<.001
Breast250326.5281123.1.0626.423.1.06
Cervical316628.4359918.7.00228.218.7<.001
Colorectal22799.332629.4.929.79.4.79
  • ↵* Adjusted rates and P values obtained from mixed effects models comparing intervention and control groups controlling for patient age, ethnicity, insurance status, primary language, time since last visit to practice, patient–physician linkage, and sex (for colorectal cancer and all screenings combined) while accounting for clustering by primary care physician or practice in a mixed effects model.