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. 2012 Oct 8;30(32):3947–3952. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.39.7448

Table 2.

Mean Statistics of Average-Risk Veterans Age 50 to 64 Years Eligible for CRC Screening

Variable Before OncWatch
After OncWatch
2006
2007
2009
2010
Intervention Control Intervention Control Intervention Control Intervention Control
Sample size 63,683 992,392 65,876 998,572 71,349 1,032,270 74,795 1,053,145
Veteran level
    CRC screening adherence 0.376 0.310 0.316 0.303 0.344 0.323 0.332 0.309
    Male sex 0.928 0.927 0.928 0.925 0.919 0.916 0.921 0.920
    Age, years
        50-54 0.325 0.284 0.315 0.274 0.317 0.269 0.316 0.264
        55-59 0.414 0.426 0.393 0.399 0.299 0.301 0.265 0.262
        60-64 0.261 0.290 0.293 0.327 0.384 0.430 0.419 0.474
    Use of outpatient clinics 0.564 0.561 0.589 0.562 0.698 0.594 0.628 0.608
    No. of outpatient clinic visits per veteran 11.446 11.327 11.789 11.640 12.262 12.317 12.535 12.723
VA hospital level
    No. of outpatient clinics per hospital per 1,000 veterans 0.092 0.130 0.089 0.130 0.100 0.133 0.103 0.137
    No. of outpatient clinic visits per hospital (in 100,000) 4.440 5.996 4.830 6.046 5.807 6.646 6.439 7.073
    No. of unique veterans per hospital (in 10,000) 4.460 6.004 4.649 5.956 5.190 6.183 5.527 6.346
    No. of VA hospitals 8 121 8 121 8 121 8 121

Abbreviations: CRC, colorectal cancer; OncWatch, CRC Oncology Watch; VA, Veterans Affairs.