| Characteristics | Intervention | P Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 (Letter) (n = 90) | Group 2 (Automated Phone Call) (n = 88) | Group 3 (Letter and Automated Phone Call) (n = 93) | ||
| Age (years) | .5095 | |||
| 50–59 | 57.8 (52) | 59.1 (52) | 65.6 (61) | |
| ≥60 | 42.2 (38) | 40.9 (36) | 34.4 (32) | |
| Race/ethnicity | .9718 | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 77.9 (67) | 79.8 (67) | 76.3 (71) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 11.6 (10) | 9.5 (8) | 12.9 (12) | |
| Other (eg, Hispanic) | 10.5 (9) | 10.7 (9) | 10.8 (10) | |
| Household income | .8252 | |||
| ≥$40,000 | 48.9 (44) | 52.3 (46) | 52.7 (49) | |
| $30,000-$39,999 | 26.7 (24) | 28.4 (25) | 22.6 (21) | |
| <$30,000 | 24.4 (22) | 19.3 (17) | 24.7 (23) | |
| Insurance* | .0034 | |||
| Private | 48.9 (44) | 51.1 (45) | 69.9 (65) | |
| Medicare | 38.9 (35) | 26.1 (23) | 19.4 (18) | |
| Medicaid | 12.2 (11) | 22.7 (20) | 10.7 (10) | |
| Preintervention screening rates* | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | NA |
Data are % (n). Small discrepancies between the total number of patients in a group and the summed numbers in the columns reflect data missing for that variable.
↵* By design, patients without insurance or who were up to date on breast cancer and colorectal cancer screening were excluded from the study.
NA, not applicable.