FOBT Completion in FQHCs: Impact of Physician Recommendation, FOBT Information, or Receipt of the FOBT Kit

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-311

  Davis, Terry C ^a   Arnold, Connie L ^a   Rademaker, Alfred W ^b   Platt, Daci J ^a   Esparza, Julia ^c   Liu, Dachao ^b   Wolf, Michael S ^b  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Fecal occult blood test; Federally Qualified Health Centers; Low income patients; Physician recommendation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF REPORT; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84863572911     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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