Availability of Financial and Medical Resources for Screening Providers and Its Impact on Cancer Screening Uptake and Intervention Programs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15470818 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Koshi Takahashi (0000-0003-0087-7905, Kanagawa Prefectural Hospital Organization), Sho Nakamura (0000-0002-5378-9477, Kanagawa Prefectural Hospital Organization, corresponding author), Kaname Watanabe (0000-0002-6155-5283, Kanagawa Prefectural Hospital Organization), Masahiko Sakaguchi (Osaka Electro-Communication University), Hiroto Narimatsu (0000-0002-0383-4911, Kanagawa Prefectural Hospital Organization) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 18 |
| Pages | 11477-11477 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph191811477 |
| PMID | 36141750 |
| OpenAlex | W4295537164 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
Interventions for residents and medical/financial resources available to screening providers can improve cancer screening rates. Yet the mechanisms by which the interactions of these factors affect the screening rates remain unknown. This study employed structural equation modeling to analyze the mechanisms underlying these factors. Data for Japanese municipalities' medical/financial status, their implementation of screening interventions, and the number of municipality-based cancer screening appointments from April 2016 to March 2017 were obtained from an open database. Five cancer screenings were included: gastric, lung, colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer screening; all are nationally recommended for population screening in Japan. We defined two latent variables, namely, intervention for residents and medical/financial resources, and then analyzed the relationships between these variables and screening rates using structural equation modeling. Models were constructed for gastric, lung, and breast cancer screening, and similar relationships were observed. With these cancer types, medical/financial resources affected the intervention for residents, directly affecting screening rates. One limitation of this study is that it only included screening by municipalities, which may cause selection bias. In conclusion, financial pressures and lack of medical resources may cause a reduction in screening intervention programs, leading to stagnant screening rates. Ensuring consistent implementation of interventions for residents may improve local and regional cancer screening rates
Breast cancer · Breast cancer screening · Cancer · Cancer screening · Environmental health · Family medicine · Intervention (counseling · Mammography · Population · Psychological intervention · Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection · Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Medicine · Nursing · Internal Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |