Willing to Risk Your Life?
Concerns Over Health Screenings and the Aging Population
We’ve all heard it, “early detection saves lives,” so why do so many people put off health screenings that could identify cancer before it has the chance to end their life? Right now, 52% of people blame health system barriers like scheduling and timeliness for a lack of screenings. Among that 52%, 40% of those patients aren’t getting Colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings. CRC is the second leading cause of death due to cancer in the United States.
The even bigger problem, demand for screenings is expected to increase with an aging population as well as with changes in legislation through the Affordable Care Act. With that, there are serious concerns surrounding the efficiency of existing screening capacity resources and then being able to absorb the increased demand in the future.
New research in the INFORMS journal Service Science offers solutions. Study researchers have written an article that provides necessary insight to health professionals and patients.
If you are interested in running this article exclusively, please reach out to me. The authors are also available for interviews.
About INFORMS and Service Science
Service Science is a premier peer-reviewed scholarly journal focused on covering state-of-the-art research, education, practice and breakthroughs. The work crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries to make sense of interactions that create value in complex service systems. It is published by INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals. More information is available at www.informs.org or @informs.
