Promoting Screening Mammography in Inner-City Settings: The Sustained Effectiveness of Computerized Reminders in a Randomized Controlled Trial

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 921-931

  Burack, Robert C ^a,b   Gimotty, Phyllis A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Mammography; Physicians practice patterns; Randomized controlled trials; Reminder systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; RISK; STANDARD; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031228983     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199709000-00005     Document Type: Article

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