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Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 May 24;71(9):2878–2885. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18412

TABLE 2.

Proportion of physicians who believed that automated reminders for breast/colorectal cancer screening should stop based on each of the following criteria (n = 592).

Criteria	% Choosing each criterion

Age	323 (54.6%)
Life expectancy	425 (71.8%)
Specific serious illnesses
Dementia	370 (62.5%)
Advanced stages of cancer	462 (78.0%)
Advanced stages of congestive heart failure	409 (69.1%)
Oxygen-dependent lung disease	300 (50.7%)
End-stage renal disease	320 (54.1%)
Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus	98 (16.6%)
Functional limitations (e.g., difficulty in self-care)	181 (30.6%)