Table 1.
Patient Characteristics in Pre- and Post-implementation Periods for all Men Ages 40 to 75 Evaluated by a Network Primary Care Provider 1 Year Pre-implementation (2/1/2016–2/1/2017) and 1 Year Post-implementation (2/2/2017–2/21/2018) of a System-Wide Prostate Cancer Screening Algorithm
| Category | Pre-implementation (2/1/2016–2/1/2017) | Post-implementation (2/2/2017–2/21/2018)† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Total men | 49,053 | 49,980 | ||
| Age at appointment (year) | ||||
| 40–44 | 6391 | 13.0 | 4137 | 8.3 |
| 45–49 | 7166 | 14.6 | 7785 | 15.6 |
| 50–59 | 14,979 | 30.5 | 15,788 | 31.6 |
| 60–69 | 14,046 | 28.6 | 14,861 | 29.7 |
| 70–75 | 6471 | 13.2 | 7409 | 14.8 |
| Race | ||||
| African American | 10,111 | 20.6 | 10,299 | 20.6 |
| Asian | 1993 | 4.1 | 2066 | 4.1 |
| Caucasian | 34,758 | 70.9 | 35,271 | 70.6 |
| Other* | 2191 | 4.5 | 2344 | 4.8 |
*All ethnicities not African American, Asian, or Caucasian
†Post-implementation data extraction from electronic health record on 2/22/2018
There were 37,893 men who were seen by a PCP in both periods