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Alternative Title:
Am J Prev Med
Personal Author:
Cooper, Crystale Purvis; Saraiya, Mona;
Cooper, Crystale Purvis; Saraiya, Mona; Less -
Description:
Background Some primary care physicians choose not to provide cervical cancer screening. Purpose To investigate the characteristics and screening beliefs of family practitioners and internists who treat adult women in outpatient settings but perform no routine Pap tests. Methods A survey of U.S. primary care physicians (N = 892) was conducted and analyzed in 2012. Results Participants who performed no Pap tests during a typical month (17.2% of family practitioners and 44.3% of internists) generally reported that they referred patients to gynecologists for cervical cancer screening. The most significant predictor of Pap test non-provision was agreement that patients are best served by having Pap tests performed by gynecologists (AOR = 8.80, 95% CI = 5.58, 13.88, p < 0.001). Conclusions The perception that patients benefit from cervical cancer screening administered by gynecologists may deter screening in primary care settings, resulting in missed opportunities to offer screening to women who are never or rarely screened.
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Adult
Early Detection Of Cancer
Female
Health Care Surveys
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Papanicolaou Test
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Primary Health Care
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Vaginal Smears

Source:
Am J Prev Med. 2014; 47(3):315-319.;
Pubmed ID:
24953518
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4515305
Document Type:
Journal Article;
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States;
Place as Subject:
United States;
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
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urn:sha256:c8ebb9c169260fcb3b11578e5e95115093fd146dd4602fd5ffd92dbf8d0e6ace
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