Association of Rurality With Annual Repeat Lung Cancer Screening in the Veterans Health Administration

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Reviews electronic health records of veterans in rural and nonrural areas who utilized Veterans Affairs medical centers from 2015 to 2019. Examines geographic trends among veteran populations who complete annual repeat lung cancer screenings. Includes information on barriers rural veterans face in accessing screenings and potential solutions to address them. Reports on rural versus nonrural data further broken down according to age, sex, race, ethnicity, and comorbidities, among other demographic information.

Lucy B. Spalluto, Jennifer A. Lewis, Lauren R. Samuels, et al.

Journal of the American College of Radiology, 19(1 PB), 131-138

01/2022

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Cancer · Health disparities · Health screening · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Veterans