Characteristics of Primary Care Physicians and Their Practices Associated with Mammography Rates for Older Women

Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1822-1829

  Van Harrison, R ^a   Janz, Nancy K ^a   Wolfe, Robert A ^a   Tedeschi, Philip J ^a   Stross, Jeoffrey K ^b   Huang, Xuelin ^a   McMahon Jr , Laurence F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging older women; Breast carcinoma screening; Medicare; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0142150105     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11744     Document Type: Article

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