Is provider continuity associated with chlamydia screening for adolescent and young adult women?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 865-872

  Reid, Robert J ^a,b   Scholes, Delia ^a   Grothaus, Lou ^a   Truelove, Yaffa ^a   Fishman, Paul ^a   McClure, Jennifer ^a   Grafton, Jane ^a   Thompson, Robert S ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia infections; Continuity of patient care; Health maintenance organizations; Mass screening; Primary care; United States; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28844489422     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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