Mammography-facility-based patient reminders and repeat mammograms for Medicare in New York State

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-27

  Quinley, John ^a,c   Mahotière, Terry ^a,b   Messina, Catherine R ^b   Lee, Ti Kuang ^a   Mikail, Claudia ^b,d  

^a IPRO Inc   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U States Agy for Intl Development   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Mammography; Mass screening; Medicare; Reminder systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346850780     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.09.024     Document Type: Article

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