TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast Cancer Screening for Patients of Rural Accountable Care Organization Clinics
T2 - A Multi-Level Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators
AU - Wang, Hongmei
AU - Gregg, Abbey
AU - Qiu, Fang
AU - Kim, Jungyoon
AU - Chen, Baojiang
AU - Wan, Neng
AU - Su, Dejun
AU - Michaud, Tzeyu
AU - Chen, Li-Wu
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This publication was partially supported by the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Support Grant from the National Cancer Institute under award number P30 CA036727. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. This study was also supported through “Pilot Grant for Cancer Prevention and Control’ by the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. We also would like to express our appreciation to South East Rural Physician Alliance - Accountable Care Organization (SERPA-ACO) for their support for data collection and survey administration
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PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - Not all women 50–74 years received biennial mammography and the situation is worse in rural areas. Accountable care organizations (ACO) emphasize coordinated care, use of electronic health system, and preventive quality measures and these practices may improve their patients’ breast cancer screening rate. Using medical record data of 8,347 women patients aged 50–74 years from eight rural ACO clinics in Nebraska, this study examined patient-, provider-, and county-level barriers and facilitators for breast cancer screening. A generalized estimating equations model was used to account for the correlation among patients from the same provider and county. The multi-level logistic regression results suggest that uninsured non-Hispanic Black patients were less likely to meet the biennial mammography screening guideline. Patients whose preferred language being English, having a preventive visit in the past 12 months, having one or more chronic conditions were more likely to meet the biennial mammography screening guideline. Patients with a primary care provider (PCP) that was male, without a medical doctor degree were less likely to screen biennially. Patients with a PCP that reviewed performance report quarterly, or manually checked patients’ mammography screening status during visits were more likely to screen biennially. Interestingly, patients whose PCP reported being reminded by a care coordination team were less likely to screen biennially. Patients living in counties with more PCPs were also more likely to screen biennially. The study findings suggest that efforts targeting individual and practice-level barriers could be most effective in improving mammography screening for these rural ACO patients.
AB - Not all women 50–74 years received biennial mammography and the situation is worse in rural areas. Accountable care organizations (ACO) emphasize coordinated care, use of electronic health system, and preventive quality measures and these practices may improve their patients’ breast cancer screening rate. Using medical record data of 8,347 women patients aged 50–74 years from eight rural ACO clinics in Nebraska, this study examined patient-, provider-, and county-level barriers and facilitators for breast cancer screening. A generalized estimating equations model was used to account for the correlation among patients from the same provider and county. The multi-level logistic regression results suggest that uninsured non-Hispanic Black patients were less likely to meet the biennial mammography screening guideline. Patients whose preferred language being English, having a preventive visit in the past 12 months, having one or more chronic conditions were more likely to meet the biennial mammography screening guideline. Patients with a primary care provider (PCP) that was male, without a medical doctor degree were less likely to screen biennially. Patients with a PCP that reviewed performance report quarterly, or manually checked patients’ mammography screening status during visits were more likely to screen biennially. Interestingly, patients whose PCP reported being reminded by a care coordination team were less likely to screen biennially. Patients living in counties with more PCPs were also more likely to screen biennially. The study findings suggest that efforts targeting individual and practice-level barriers could be most effective in improving mammography screening for these rural ACO patients.
KW - Accountable Care Organizations
KW - Barriers
KW - Cancer screening
KW - Mammography
KW - Rural
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U2 - 10.1007/s10900-017-0412-x
DO - 10.1007/s10900-017-0412-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 28861654
AN - SCOPUS:85028778755
SN - 0094-5145
VL - 43
SP - 248
EP - 258
JO - Journal of Community Health
JF - Journal of Community Health
IS - 2
ER -