Improving osteoporosis screening: Results from a randomized cluster trial

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 346-351

  Lafata, Jennifer Elston ^a   Kolk, Deneil ^a   Peterson, Edward L ^a   McCarthy, Bruce D ^b   Weiss, Thomas W ^c   Chen, Ya Ting ^c   Muma, Bruce K ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Allina Hospitals & Clinics   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density testing; Mailed reminders; Osteoporosis; Physician prompts; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REMINDER SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OSTEOPOROSIS; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 34250331600     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0060-9     Document Type: Article

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