Increasing colorectal cancer screening in an overdue population: Participation and cost impacts of adding telephone calls to a fit mailing program

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-247

  Schlichting, Jennifer A ^a   Mengeling, Michelle A ^a,c   Makki, Nader M ^c   Malhotra, Ashish ^a   Halfdanarson, Thorvardur R ^d   Klutts, J Stacey ^a,c   Levy, Barcey T ^b,c   Kaboli, Peter J ^a,c   Charlton, Mary E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Cost comparison; Fecal immunochemical test; Intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE; VETERAN;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTAL SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; VETERANS;

EID: 84896397304     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-014-9830-1     Document Type: Article

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