The effect of patient navigation on time to diagnosis, anxiety, and satisfaction in urban minority women with abnormal mammograms: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-124

  Ferrante, Jeanne M ^a,b,c   Chen, Ping Hsin ^a   Kim, Steve ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Mammography; Minority groups; Patient satisfaction; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY AREAS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38349170052     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-007-9228-9     Document Type: Article

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