Structured telephone-based outreach using nonmedical personel can improve adherence to comprehensive care in families of children with sickle cell disease

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 462-464

  Patik, M ^a,b   Phillips, L ^a,b   Kladny, B ^a,c   Captain, A ^a   Gettig, E ^b   Krishnamurti, Lakshmanan ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient adherence to comprehensive care; Phone delivered health messages; Sickle cell disease; Transcranial doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 33646864131     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20605     Document Type: Article

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