The effect on patient and physician reminders on use of screening mammography in a health maintenance organization: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1708-1721

  Burack, Robert C ^a,b   Gimotty, Phyllis A ^a,b   George, Julie ^a   Simon, Michael S ^a,b   Dews, Peter ^b,c   Moncrease, Anita ^a,b  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; mammography; patient acceptance of health care; physician's practice patterns; randomized control trial; reminder systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029782867     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961015)78:8<1708::AID-CNCR11>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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