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. 2024 Oct 1;7(10):e2442373.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.42373.

Lung Cancer Screening at US Hospitals for People Lacking Primary Care

William DeSantis  1 , Oluwaseun Ayoade  1 , Giorgio Caturegli  1 , Daniel J Boffa  1
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Lung Cancer Screening at US Hospitals for People Lacking Primary Care

William DeSantis et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
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Plain language summary

This quality improvement study investigates how many US hospitals allow patients to schedule lung cancer screenings without a referral from a primary care practitioner.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Boffa reported having a previous research relationship with Epic Sciences (ending in 2019) and receiving a stipend to attend a panel discussion for Iovance. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Map of Results of Phone Calls to Hospitals
Investigators asked, “I want to get screened for lung cancer, could you help me?” A successful connection was considered if the call was routed to someone who could schedule an appointment with a clinician or other member of a formal screening program or if the call led to someone who could schedule the computed tomography scan (eMethods in Supplement 1). The random sample by chance included some hospitals in the directed sample, so the total number does not equal the random sample plus the directed sample.
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