50 Percent Of Americans Age 50 And Older Have Never Had A Colonoscopy
An AHRQ survey reports the following about screening colonoscopy among Americans ages 50 and older:
- Nearly 67 percent of Hispanics age 50 and older reported that they have never had a screening colonoscopy. This compares to 47.1 percent of whites and 55.8 percent of blacks.
- More than three-fourths (77 percent) of uninsured adults between the ages of 50 and 64 reported that they have never had a screening colonoscopy compared to people with private insurance (54.1 percent) or people covered by Medicaid and other public coverage (61 percent).
- About slightly more than half of people age 65 and older who had Medicare plus some other public insurance reported never having had a screening colonoscopy. People Only 45 percent of people in same age group who only had Medicare coverage and 34.6 percent of people who had Medicare plus some private insurance reported never having had a screening colonoscopy.
AHRQ, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, works to enhance the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care in the United States. The data in this AHRQ News and Numbers summary are taken from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a detailed source of information on the health services used by Americans, the frequency with which they are used, the cost of those services, and how they are paid. For more information, go to Screening Colonoscopy among the U.S. Noninstitutionalized Adult Population Age 50 and Older, 2005.
http://www.ahrq.gov
50 la sutã din americani de vârstã 50 ºi a celor în vârstã nu au mai avut o colonoscopie - 50 Percent Of Americans Age 50 And Older Have Never Had A Colonoscopy - articole medicale engleza - startsanatate