Measuring the quality of colorectal cancer screening: The importance of follow-up

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1002-1010

  Etzioni, David A ^a,e   Yano, Elizabeth M ^b,c   Rubenstein, Lisa V ^b,c,d   Lee, Martin L ^b,c   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,d   Brook, Robert H ^a,c,d   Parkerton, Patricia H ^b,c   Asch, Steven M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Delivery of health care; Mass screening; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEGRO; OCCULT BLOOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCULT BLOOD; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 33745933864     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0533-2     Document Type: Article

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