Disparities in Evaluation of Patients With Rectal Bleeding 40 Years and Older

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 669-675

  Shields, Helen M ^a,b   Stoffel, Elena M ^b,e   Chung, Daniel C ^c   Sequist, Thomas D ^b,d   Li, Justin W ^a   Pelletier, Stephen R ^a   Spencer, Justin ^a   Silk, Jean M ^b   Austin, Bonita L ^a   Diguette, Susan ^d   Furbish, Jean E ^a   Lederman, Ruth ^a   Weingart, Saul N ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Colorectal cancer; Early detection; Patient management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY DETECTION; PATIENT MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896074731     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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