Objective. To understand whether US and Canadian breast, colorectal and prostate cancer screening test utilization is … consistent with US and Canadian cancer screening guideline information with respect to the age of screening initiation. Design … cancer test use within the past 2 years. Methods. We identify US and Canadian compliance with age screening information in a …

U.S. cancer screening guidelines recommend that cancer screening begin for breast cancer at age 40 and for colorectal … cancer and prostate cancers at age 50. What are the marginal returns to physician and individual compliance with these cancer … screening guidelines? We estimate the marginal benefits by comparing cancer test and cancer detection rates on either side of …

Background: Cancer screening guidelines reflect the costs and benefits of population-based screening based on evidence … from clinical trials. While most of the existing literature on compliance with cancer screening guidelines only measures … Canadian provinces for breast, colorectal and prostate cancer screening. Measuring compliance as the change in age …

. Specifically, we use a regression discontinuity (RD) research design to examine the effect of Medicare coverage on cancer detection ….4% increase in cancer detection relative to the rate at age 64 and is nearly 116% larger than the trend in cancer detection that … are likely amenable to treatment. The uninsured benefit differentially from cancer detection at age 65, due in part to …