Implementing direct access to low-dose computed tomography in general practice method, adaption - And outcome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Guldbrt, Louise Mahncke ^a,b   Rasmussen, Torben Riis ^c   Rasmussen, Finn ^c   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LUNG TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911422240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112162     Document Type: Article

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