Trends in colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-167

  Phillips, Kathryn A ^a,d   Liang, Su Ying ^a   Ladabaum, Uri ^a   Haas, Jennifer ^b   Kerlikowske, Karla ^a   Lieberman, David ^c   Hiatt, Robert ^a   Nagamine, Mika ^a   Van Bebber, Stephanie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening utilization and trends; Disparities; Legislation; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846451758     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000246612.35245.21     Document Type: Article

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