Improving breast and colon cancer screening rates: A comparison of letters, automated phone calls, or both

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-54

  Phillips, Lindsay ^a   Hendren, Samantha ^b   Humiston, Sharon ^c   Winters, Paul ^a   Fiscella, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BARIUM ENEMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCULT BLOOD; PERSONALIZED LETTER; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TELECONSULTATION; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REMINDER SYSTEM; UTILIZATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84920571537     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140174     Document Type: Review

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