Primary Care Practice and Facility Quality Orientation: Influence on Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Rates

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 265-272

  Goldzweig, Caroline Lubick ^a,b   Parkerton, Patricia H ^c   Washington, Donna L ^a,b   Lanto, Andrew B ^a   Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 1842632426     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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