Effect of Health Service Area on Primary Care Physician Provision of Low-Value Cancer Screening

CONCLUSION: Physicians relocating to service areas with lower rates of LVC provided less LVC than physicians who stayed in areas with higher rates of LVC. Systemic structures may contribute to LVC. Understanding which factors are contributing may present opportunities for policy and interventions to broadly improve care.PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.PMID:38648640 | DOI:10.7326/M23-1456

Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - April 22, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kassandra Dindinger-Hill Joshua Horns Jacob Ambrose Jeffrey Vehawn Mouneeb Choudry Trevor C Hunt Jonathan Chipman Benjamin Haaland Jiaming Li Heidi A Hanson Brock O'Neil Source Type: research