Variation in Colorectal Cancer Screening Steps in Primary Care: Basis for Practice Improvement

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 458-466

  Sarfaty, Mona ^a   Myers, Ronald E ^a   Harris, Daniel M ^b   Borsky, Amanda E ^b   Sifri, Randa ^a   Cocroft, James ^a   Stello, Brian ^c   Johnson, Melanie ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNA   (United States)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer screening; colorectal cancer screening; practice variation; practice based research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84870016913     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860611432302     Document Type: Article

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