A randomized controlled trial to improve colon cancer screening in rural family medicine: An Iowa research network (IRENE) study

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 486-497

  Levy, Barcey T ^a,b   Xu, Yinghui ^a   Daly, Jeanette M ^a   Ely, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Early medical intervention (educational); Practice based research; Randomized controlled trial; Reminder systems; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECONSULTATION;

CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION (EDUCATIONAL); PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RURAL HEALTH;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84883736265     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.05.130041     Document Type: Article

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