Crossing the finish line: Follow-up of abnormal test results in a Multisite Community Health Center

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 720-725

  Chen, Eric T ^a   Eder, Mickey ^b   Elder, Nancy C ^c   Hickner, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Access Community Health Network (ACCESS)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient self management

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCUMENTATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN POPULATION; BLOOD; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA SMEAR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 77956106198     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30658-1     Document Type: Article

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