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Medical Home Implementation And Follow-Up Of Cancer-Related Abnormal Test Results In The Veterans Health Administration, Suja S Rajan, Shashank Sarvepalli, Li Wei, Ashley N D Meyer, Daniel R Murphy, Debra T Choi, Hardeep Singh
Medical Home Implementation And Follow-Up Of Cancer-Related Abnormal Test Results In The Veterans Health Administration, Suja S Rajan, Shashank Sarvepalli, Li Wei, Ashley N D Meyer, Daniel R Murphy, Debra T Choi, Hardeep Singh
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IMPORTANCE: Lack of timely follow-up of cancer-related abnormal test results can lead to delayed or missed diagnoses, adverse cancer outcomes, and substantial cost burden for patients. Care delivery models, such as the Veterans Affairs' (VA) Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT), which aim to improve patient-centered care coordination, could potentially also improve timely follow-up of abnormal test results. PACT was implemented nationally in the VA between 2010 and 2012.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term association between PACT implementation and timely follow-up of abnormal test results related to the diagnosis of 5 different cancers.
DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This multiyear retrospective cohort study …