A Patient-Initiated System for Preventive Health Care: A Randomized Trial in Community-Based Primary Care Practices

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 338-345

  Williams, Robert B ^a,b   Boles, Myde ^a,c   Johnson, Robert E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LLP   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032113220     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.7.4.338     Document Type: Article

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