Reach, Usage, and Effectiveness of a Medicaid Patient Navigator Intervention to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening, Cape Fear, North Carolina, 2011

Lucia A. Leone, Daniel S. Reuland, Carmen L. Lewis, M. Pilar Ingle, Brian Erman, Tyana J. Summers, C. Annette DuBard, Michael Pignone

Preventing Chronic Disease · 2013 · 29 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

The intervention had limited reach and little effect after 6 months on the number of participants screened. Higher-intensity interventions, such as use of practice-based navigators, may be needed to reach and improve screening rates in vulnerable populations.

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