Patient navigation to improve follow-up of abnormal mammograms among disadvantaged women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 138-143

  Percac Lima, Sanja ^a,b   Ashburner, Jeffrey M ^a   McCarthy, Anne Marie ^a   Piawah, Sorbarikor ^b   Atlas, Steven J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISADVANTAGED WOMEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84923083184     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2014.4954     Document Type: Article

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