The role of physician recommendation in women's mammography use: Is it a 2-stage process?

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 392-403

  Hawley, Sarah Tropman ^a   Earp, Jo Anne ^b,c   O'Malley, Michael ^c   Ricketts, Thomas C ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 stage model; Breast cancer; Mammography screening; Physician recommendation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034168623     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200004000-00006     Document Type: Article

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