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. 2019 Aug 21;32(4):490–497. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2019.1647702

Table 2.

Breakdown of included patients

Variable N
Total FITs ordered June 2014–2016 5675
Charts screened for abnormal results 1007
Total abnormal results found 232 (23.0%)
Charts reviewed 94
Median age (years) 64.5
Female 51 (54.3%)
White 65 (69.2%)
Black 17 (18.1%)
Other/unknown 12 (12.8%)
Received follow-up care 64 (68.1%)
 Received follow-up colonoscopy 45 (47.9%)
 Declined colonoscopy 16 (17.0%)
 Health precluded colonoscopy 3 (3.2%)
Did not receive appropriate follow-up care 30 (31.9%)
 No/inadequate communication of FIT results to patient 19 (20.2%)
 Repeat FIT ordered 7 (7.5%)
 Colonoscopy supposedly obtained elsewhere but no records in our EMR 2 (2.1%)
 Lacked transportation to colonoscopy 2 (2.1%)

EMR indicates electronic medical record; FIT, fecal immunochemical test.