Office Systems and Their Influence on Mammography Use in Rural and Urban Primary Care

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-42

  Engelman, Kimberly K ^a,b   Ellerbeck, Edward F ^a   Perpich, Denise ^a   Nazir, Niaman ^a   McCarter, Kevin ^a   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KANSAS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0346156014     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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