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Improving Cancer Outreach Effectiveness Through Targeting and Economic Assessments: Insights from a Randomized Field Experiment

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Chen, Yixing, Lee, Ju-Yeon, Sridhar, Shrihari (Hari), Mittal, Vikas, McCallister, Katharine, Singal, Amit G.·2020·Journal of Marketing

Abstract

Patients at risk for hepatocellular carcinoma or liver cancer should undergo semiannual screening tests to facilitate early detection, effective treatment options at lower cost, better recovery prognosis, and higher life expectancy. Health care institutions invest in direct-to-patient outreach marketing to encourage regular screening. They ask the following questions: (1) Does the effectiveness of outreach vary among patients and over time?; (2) What is the return on outreach?; and (3) Can patient-level targeted outreach increase the return? The authors use a multiperiod, randomized field experiment involving 1,800 patients. Overall, relative to the usual-care condition, outreach alone (outreach with patient navigation) increases screening completion rates by 10–20 (13–24) percentage points. Causal forests demonstrate that patient-level treatment effects vary substantially across periods and by patients’ demographics, health status, visit history, health system accessibility, and neighborhood socioeconomic status, thereby facilitating the implementation of the targeted outreach program. A simulation shows that the targeted outreach program improves the return on the randomized outreach program by 74%–96% or $1.6 million to $2 million. Thus, outreach marketing provides a substantial positive payoff to the health care system.

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Authors
Chen, Y., Lee, J.-Y., Sridhar, S. (., Mittal, V., McCallister, K., & Singal, A. G.
Affiliations
  • University of Notre Dame (US)
  • Iowa State University (US)
  • Texas A&M University (US)
  • Rice University (US)
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Chen, Yixing
Venue
Journal of Marketing
Published
2020-03-17
Volume
84
Issue
3
Pages
1-27
ISSN
  • 0022-2429 (ISSN-L)
  • 1547-7185
OpenAlex
W2993509418
Cited by
70
References
64
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 5
FWCI
8.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Journal of Marketing (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (AHRQ R24HS022418)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare, Law, Governance, and Management Studies
Keywords
hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cancer screening, targeted outreach, patient navigation, screening completion, causal forest, neighborhood socioeconomic status, health system access, healthcare marketing

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