Legal-involved veterans are less likely to receive guideline-concordant colorectal cancer screening
Nearly half of VHA patients were behind on recommended CRC screening, and legal-involved VHA patients had even lower rates. Current VHA efforts to improve legal-involved patients' connection to primary care providers may result in improved screening rates.
Authors
- Ingrid A. Binswanger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-8078)
- Alex H. S. Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7267-3077)
- Sean C. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3053-3900)
- Andrea K. Finlay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1284-7092)
- Kenneth J. Nieser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6003-1296)
Institutions
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Colorado Permanente Medical Group (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Center for Innovation (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12490-6
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs