Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of colorectal cancer screening-eligible managed care and empaneled health center patients ages 50-75, by COVID-related time interval.
Table 2.
Average colorectal cancer screening rates across pandemic-related time intervals weighted by number of months in interval, by screening modality.
Fig 1.
Trends in colorectal cancer screening during COVID-19-relevant time intervals, by screening modality (stool-based testing, colonoscopy).
Legend: Plots depict monthly stool-based test (blue line) and colonoscopy (red line) rates across COVID-19-relevant phases: pre-pandemic (March 2018 – February 2020); pandemic (March – December 2020); vaccine (January 2021– May 2023); and post-pandemic (June 2023 – May 2024).
Fig 2.
Trends in stool-based testing during COVID-19-relevant time intervals.
Legend: Plots depict monthly stool-based testing rates across COVID-19-relevant time intervals: pre-pandemic (March 2018 – February 2020); pandemic (March – December 2020); vaccine (January 2021– May 2023); and post-pandemic (June 2023 – May 2024) by electronic health record derived characteristics: (A) sex (female, male), (B) age (50-59, 60+), (C) ethnicity (Hispanic, non-Hispanic), and (D) preferred language (Spanish, English).
Fig 3.
Trends in colonoscopy during COVID-19-relevant time intervals.
Legend: Plots depict monthly colonoscopy screening rates across COVID-19-relevant timepoints: pre-pandemic (March 2018 – February 2020); pandemic (March – December 2020); vaccine (January 2021– May 2023); and post-pandemic (June 2023 – May 2024) by electronic health record derived characteristics: (A) sex (female, male), (B) age (50-59, 60+), (C) ethnicity (Hispanic, non-Hispanic), and (D) preferred language (Spanish, English).
Fig 4.
Average monthly colorectal cancer screening rates of health center patients ages 50−75.
Legend: Left column panels A-D depict average monthly colonoscopy rates. Right column panels A-D depict average monthly stool-testing rates. Each panel shows average monthly colorectal cancer screening rates of health center patients across COVID-19-relevant phases: (A) pre-pandemic (March 2018 – February 2020); (B) pandemic (March – December 2020); (C) vaccine (January 2021– May 2023); and (D) post-pandemic (June 2023 – May 2024).