Intervention to increase mammography utilization in a public hospital

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 230-233

  Davis, Terry C ^a   Berkel, Hans J ^b   Arnold, Connie L ^a   Nandy, Indrani ^a   Jackson, Robert H ^a   Murphy, Peggy W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Low income; Low literacy; Mammography; Public hospitals; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; READING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 0031893061     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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