Automated telephone calls improved completion of fecal occult blood testing

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 604-610

  Mosen, David M ^a   Feldstein, Adrianne C ^a,b   Perrin, Nancy ^a   Rosales, A Gabriela ^a   Smith, David H ^a   Liles, Elizabeth G ^a   Schneider, Jennifer L ^a   Lafata, Jennifer E ^c   Myers, Ronald E ^d   Kositch, Michael ^b   Hickey, Thomas ^b   Glasgow, Russell E ^e  

^a Center for Health Research   (United States)

^b Northwest Permanente   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer (CRC); fecal occult blood testing (FOBT); reminder calls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELECONSULTATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 77954089271     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181dbdce7     Document Type: Article

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