Fecal occult blood test use by Kansas Medicare beneficiaries

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 622-626

  Engelman, Kimberly K ^a,c,d   Ellerbeck, Edward F ^a,b,c,d   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^a,b,c   Nazir, Niaman ^a   Velasco, Alfredo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d The Kansas Foundation for Medical Care Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Medicare; Occult blood; Physicians; Preventive medicine; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035703106     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2001.0936     Document Type: Article

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