PREVENTIVE CARE SCREENING PATTERNS AMONG WOMEN WITH MEDICAID
Author(s)
Bonafede MM1, Miller JD1, Cai Q1, Troeger KA2, Pohlman S2
1Truven Health Analytics, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA, USA
OBJECTIVES: To describe preventive care screening rates among Medicaid-insured women ages 40-65 with respect to utilization of screening mammography. METHODS: The Truven Health MarketScan Medicaid Multi-State Database was used to identify women ages 40-65 enrolled in Medicaid from 2009 through 2013. The data source includes administrative claims data from ~12 geographically-disperse Medicaid programs. Women were required to be continuously enrolled for the entire 5-year study period. Women were stratified according to the receipt of a screening mammogram to measure the coincident prevalence of Pap screening or colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy. A subset analysis was conducted to describe the prevalence of screening mammography and subsequent breast cancer diagnosis in women receiving a diagnostic mammogram. RESULTS: A cohort of 82,875 women ages 40-65 had continuous enrolment from 2009 through 2013. Of these women, 43.8% had at least one screening mammogram during the study period, of which 52.1% had at least two and 26.7% had at least three. The average annual mammography screening rate increased steadily from 14.7% in 2009 to 18.4% in 2013. Women who received a screening mammogram were more likely to undergo other preventive screening than those who did not: Pap test (65.8% versus 30.2%), colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy (49.5% versus 22.8%). Overall, 20.7% of women had a diagnostic mammogram during the study period, which was more prevalent among women with a screening mammogram (31.3% versus 12.4%). The rate of breast cancer diagnosis differed between women who received both screening and diagnostic mammography versus women who received only diagnostic mammography (4.2% versus 10.4%). Approximately one-third of all women (32.9%) did not receive a screening mammogram, Pap, or colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy during the study period. CONCLUSIONS: Preventive care screening rates among Medicaid-insured women were low; fewer than one-half of eligible women received a screening mammogram during the five-year period. Women not receiving screening mammography were less likely to access other preventive screening services.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2016-05, ISPOR 2016, Washington DC, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 19, No. 3 (May 2016)
Code
PHS158
Topic
Epidemiology & Public Health, Health Service Delivery & Process of Care
Topic Subcategory
Public Health, Treatment Patterns and Guidelines
Disease
Oncology, Reproductive and Sexual Health