Improving fecal occult blood testing compliance using a mailed educational reminder

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1192-1197

  Lee, Jeffrey K ^a   Reis, Veronica ^b   Liu, Shanglei ^a   Conn, Lorraine ^b   Groessl, Erik J ^b   Ganiats, Theodore G ^b   Ho, Samuel B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; FOBT; Reminder; Screening

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOOD DISORDER; OCCULT BLOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTAL SERVICE; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 70449527806     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1087-5     Document Type: Article

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