Colonoscopy screening rates among patients of colonoscopy-trained African American primary care physicians

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 5151-5160

  Xirasagar, Sudha ^a   Hurley, Thomas G ^a   Burch, James B ^a   Mansaray, Ali ^a   Hébert, James R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American screening rate; colonoscopy trained primary care physicians; colorectal cancer screening; screening colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE;

EID: 80555155593     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26142     Document Type: Article

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