Uptake of colorectal cancer screening in an uninsured population

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 703-706

  Sarfaty, Mona ^a,c   Feng, Shibao ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; African American; Case management; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Disparities; Doctor referral; Evaluation; Flexible colonoscopy; FOBT; Healthy People 2010; Latino; Maryland; Prevention; Screening; State programs; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TELEPHONE;

CASE MANAGEMENT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 25844455995     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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