The Effect of the American College of Physicians Guideline Change on Screening Pelvic Examinations in an Insured Population
Changes in guidelines had no observable impact on the rate of SPEs. Future work is needed to better understand why recent evidence and guideline developments have not impacted real-world practice to target interventions for providers to decrease SPEs efficiently.
Authors
- Rachel A. Parry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6791-6468)
- Carolyn T. Thorpe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5970-8359)
- K. Walsh
- Virginia Pate
- Andrea K. Knittel
- Casey R. Tak
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Women s Health
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/15409996261420050
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00