Screening colonoscopy through telephone outreach without antecedent provider visits: A pilot study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-93

  Denberg, Thomas D ^a   Myers, Beth A ^a   Lin, Chen Tan ^a   Levine, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; Health promotion; Interventions; Patient outreach; Patient recall

Indexed keywords

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 58149142929     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.10.023     Document Type: Letter

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