Use of colon cancer testing in rural colorado primary care practices

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1095-1100

  Overholser, Linda ^a   Zittleman, Linda ^b   Kempe, Allison ^b,c   Emsermann, Caroline Bublitz ^b   Froshaug, Desiree B ^b   Main, Deborah S ^b   Araya Guerra, Rodrigo ^b   Felzien, Maret ^d   Westfall, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Colorado Health Outcomes Program University of Colorado Denver ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Practice Based Research Network (PBRN); Rural health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORADO; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77953935790     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1063-0     Document Type: Article

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