Primary care practice organization influences colorectal cancer screening performance

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3 I, 2007, Pages 1130-1149

  Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Soban, Lynn M ^a   Parkerton, Patricia H ^a,b   Etzioni, David A ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Prevention; Primary health care; Quality of health care; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CALIFORNIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 34247877626     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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