Self-reported colorectal cancer screening of Medicare beneficiaries in family medicine vs. internal medicine practices in the United States: A cross-sectional study

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Higgins, Angela Y ^a   B Doubeni, Anna R ^a   Phillips, Karon L ^b   Laiyemo, Adeyinka O ^c   Briesacher, Becky ^d   Tjia, Jennifer ^d   Doubeni, Chyke A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer screening; Fecal occult blood test; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNIST; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK; STATISTICS;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858607343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-23     Document Type: Article

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