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. 2010 Jun 4;5:42. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-42

Table 3.

Populations receiving and eligible for cancer care processes at beginning of evaluation period for aggregate collaborative

Cancer care process Eligible population Process received Eligible Detectable change*
Cancer screening

Mammography Women age ≥42 2,373 10,522 2%

Pap test Women age ≥21 8,446 20,114 2%

Colorectal cancer screening Adults age ≥51 1,855 7,760 3%

Breast cancer follow-up and treatment

Documented notification of mammogram results within 30 days Women receiving mammogram 674 2,373 6%

Additional evaluation within 60 days of abnormal mammogram Women with abnormal mammogram 30 125 24%

Initial treatment within 90 days of diagnosis Women diagnosed with breast cancer 2 31 44%

Cervical cancer follow-up and treatment

Documented notification of Pap test results within 30 days Women receiving Pap test 2,325 8,446 3%

Colposcopy evaluation within three months of abnormal Pap test Women requiring colposcopy based on Pap test 73 292 15%

Initial treatment within 90 days of diagnosis Women diagnosed with CIN2,3 8 34 47%

Colorectal cancer follow-up and treatment

Documented notification of colorectal cancer screening results within 30 days Adults receiving colorectal screening 575 1,855 6%

Colonoscopy (or sigmoidoscopy and BE) within eight weeks of positive testing Adults with abnormal FOBT 29 123 24%

Initial treatment within 90 days of diagnosis Adults diagnosed with colon polyps or cancer 1 33 40%

*80% power to detect this amount of change at significance level of 0.05 (two-sided)