Care cascades following low-value cervical cancer screening in dually enrolled Veterans.
Aimee N PickeringXinhua ZhaoFlorentina E SileanuElijah Z LovelaceLiam RoseAaron L SchwartzJennifer A HaleLoren J SchleidenWalid F GelladMichael J FineCarolyn T ThorpeThomas R RadomskiPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2024)
Veterans dually enrolled in VA and Medicare commonly receive related downstream tests and visits as part of care cascades following low-value cervical cancer screening. Our findings demonstrate that to fully capture the extent to which individuals are subject to low-value care, it is important to examine downstream care stemming from initial low-value services across all systems from which individuals receive care.