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Effects of the Colorectal Cancer Control Program

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  • Marianne P. Bitler
  • Christopher S. Carpenter
  • Danea Horn

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Although colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is highly effective, screening rates lag far below recommended levels, particularly for low‐income people. The Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP) funded $100 million in competitively awarded grants to 25 states from 2009–2015 to increase CRC screening rates among low‐income, uninsured populations, in part by directly providing and paying for screening services. Using data from the 2001–2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and a difference‐in‐differences strategy, we find no effects of CRCCP on the use of relatively cheap fecal occult blood tests (FOBT). We do, however, find that the CRCCP significantly increased the likelihood that uninsured 50–64‐year‐olds report ever having a relatively expensive endoscopic CRC screening (sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy) by 2.9 percentage points, or 10.7%. These effects are larger for women, minorities, and individuals who did not undertake other types of preventive care. We do not find that the CRCCP led to significant changes in CRC cancer detection. Our results indicate that the CRCCP was effective at increasing CRC screening rates among the most vulnerable.

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  • Marianne P. Bitler & Christopher S. Carpenter & Danea Horn, 2021. "Effects of the Colorectal Cancer Control Program," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(11), pages 2667-2685, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:30:y:2021:i:11:p:2667-2685
    DOI: 10.1002/hec.4397
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