Nonadherence to cervical cancer screening guidelines in commercially insured US adults

JAMA Network Open

2025-12-10

(Press-News.org) About The Study: Consistent with prior work, this study found low adherence (7.3%) to cervical cancer screening guidelines among the commercially insured U.S. population despite stable coverage, likely reflecting guideline confusion among patients, clinicians, and health systems. More evidence-based strategies are needed to expand capacity for guideline-adherent screening, reduce over-screening, and align payer and health system incentives, particularly as new modalities, such as human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling, emerge.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Michelle B. Shin, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, email mbyshin@uw.edu.

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