The study goes against the commonly held belief that rates of screening colonoscopy can be increased by offering women the option of a screening colonoscopy by a female endoscopist. The researchers studied approximately 400 female patients at seven University of Colorado Hospital primary care clinics.
Of those patients who received no offer of a female endoscopist, 19.2 percent underwent a colonoscopy, whereas 17.1 percent of patients who received a verbal offer of a female endoscopist underwent a colonoscopy.
Read the ASGE news release about the study on female endoscopists (pdf).
Read other coverage about screening colonoscopies:
– ASC Coding Guidance: Colonoscopy
– Hawaii’s Largest Insurer Discouraging Propofol for Colonoscopy
– Study: Nearly 8% of Colorectal Cancers Missed by Colonoscopy
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