Impact of Phone-Call and Access-Enhancing Intervention on Mammography Uptake among Primary Care Patients at an Urban Safety-Net Hospital: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Annals of Surgical Oncology
Asha D NandaNasim Ahmadiyeh

Abstract

Our urban safety-net hospital (SNH) has very low screening mammogram rates within its primary care clinics. Despite Commission on Cancer (CoC) accreditation, we see ~ 3 × more late-stage breast cancer diagnoses than other CoC sites across the country, and recently showed this to be strongly associated with lack of screening (Ahmadiyeh et al. in J Health Care Poor Underserved, in press, 2020). Here we study whether a two-step intervention (phone calls and assistance scheduling mammograms) increases uptake over usual care. Randomized controlled study of 890 women aged 50-65 years who were due for biennial screening mammograms and who were established within one of five primary care clinics at an urban SNH. Each patient in the intervention group was called with overdue status (up to three times, voicemail left if needed) and offered assistance scheduling mammogram appointment. Mammography uptake at 3 and 6 months was analyzed. Intervention significantly increased uptake compared with usual care at both timepoints (18% versus 6% at 3 months; χ2 = 27.597, p < 0.0001; 23% versus 12% at 6 months; χ2 = 18.0, p < 0.0001), with scheduling component driving effectiveness. Of those who were successfully contacted, uptake was significantly ...Continue Reading

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