Impact of organized colorectal cancer screening programs on screening uptake and screening inequalities: A study of systematic- and patient-reliant programs in Canada

Various provincial colorectal cancer screening programs have been implemented in Canada but have yet to be evaluated. We examined the effects of patient-reliant and systematic organized colorectal screening programs on colorectal cancer screening uptake and on screening inequalities by income, education, rural residence, and access to a primary care physician. Lifetime and recent (< 1, <2 years) stool-based screening uptake were assessed among...