Do primary care physicians lose contact with their colorectal cancer patients?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 704-709

  Dobie, Sharon ^a   Saver, Barry G ^c   Wang, Ching Yun ^b   Green, Pamela K ^a   Baldwin, Laura Mae ^a  

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

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Medicare; Primary health care; Survivors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855224655     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.06.100192     Document Type: Article

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