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We know that in order to help the prevention and reduce the death rate of cancers we must find cancer as early as possible and patients must be as deliberate as possible in follow-ups and treatment plans. Patient Navigation answers that need by acting as the advocate for the patients needs especially for those in minority populations.

Studies have shown positive outcomes by providing patient navigators to Hispanic patients and more frequently providing basic navigation, care coordination, treatment support, and making arrangements and referrals for services. Navigators who reported providing services more frequently to Asian patients provided treatment support and clinical trials/peer support significantly more frequently. There was also a statistically significant positive correlation between frequency of making arrangements and referrals to service and providing clinical trials/peer support and both the number of Native American patients as well as the number of Pacific Islander patients that navigators served.

Patient navigators who saw more patients with private insurance and Medicare reported providing significantly less care coordination. On the other hand, patient navigators who frequently provided services to uninsured patients also frequently provided arrangements and referrals to services. Patient navigators who assisted more uninsured patients also more frequently provided services related to care coordination. Participants who reported assisting more Medicaid patients provided significantly more basic navigation, clinical trials/peer support, and made more arrangements and referrals to services. Finally, patient navigators who saw more patients with private insurance provided more treatment support and clinical trials/peer support services.