Colorectal Cancer Screening in Rural and Urban Primary Care Practices Amid Implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act

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Date

06/2023

Journal

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Description

This study examined whether colorectal cancer screening rates improved among rural and urban primary care practices amid implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. Researchers tested for rural/urban differences and changes in screening rates between 2016 and 2020.

Center

Rural and Underserved Health Research Center

Authors

Tyrone Borders, Zachary Morgan, Lars Peterson

Topics

Cancer, Health disparities and health equity, Health promotion and disease prevention, Health services, Medicaid and CHIP, Medicare, Physicians