Increased patient concern after false-positive mammograms: Clinician documentation and subsequent ambulatory visits

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 150-156

  Barton, Mary B ^a,c   Moore, Sara ^a   Polk, Sarah ^a   Shtatland, Ernest ^a   Elmore, Joann G ^b   Fletcher, Suzanne W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^c Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; False positive; Health care utilization; Mammography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD;

EID: 0035724029     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2001.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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