Variation in screening mammography and Papanicolaou smear by primary care physician specialty and gatekeeper plan (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 883-892

  Haggstrom, David A ^a   Phillips, Kathryn A ^a   Liang, Su Ying ^a   Haas, Jennifer S ^b   Tye, Sherilyn ^a   Kerlikowske, Karla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

health services research; managed care; preventive medicine; primary care quality; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 10844282687     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-004-1138-5     Document Type: Article

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