Increased screening colonoscopy rates and reduced racial disparities in the New York citywide campaign: An urban model

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1880-1886

  Richards, Catherine A ^a   Kerker, Bonnie D ^b   Thorpe, Lorna ^c   Olson, Carolyn ^b   Krauskopf, Marian S ^b   Silver, Lynn S ^b   Weber, Thomas K ^d   Winawer, Sidney J ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80655125063     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.191     Document Type: Article

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