Timely Follow-Up of Positive Fecal Occult Blood Tests. Strategies Associated with Improvement

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-93

  Powell, Adam A ^a   Gravely, Amy A ^a   Ordin, Diana L ^b   Schlosser, James E ^a   Partin, Melissa R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA Office of Quality and Performance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 67649583573     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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