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Improving Breast and Colon Cancer Screening Rates: A Comparison of Letters, Automated Phone Calls, or Both
Lindsay Phillips, Samantha Hendren, Sharon Humiston, Paul Winters and Kevin Fiscella
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine January 2015, 28 (1) 46-54; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140174
Lindsay Phillips
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (LP, PW, KF); the Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S. Hendren); and the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO (S. Humiston).
MDSamantha Hendren
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (LP, PW, KF); the Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S. Hendren); and the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO (S. Humiston).
MD, MPHSharon Humiston
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (LP, PW, KF); the Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S. Hendren); and the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO (S. Humiston).
MD, MPHPaul Winters
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (LP, PW, KF); the Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S. Hendren); and the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO (S. Humiston).
MSKevin Fiscella
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (LP, PW, KF); the Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (S. Hendren); and the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO (S. Humiston).
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In this issue
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 28, Issue 1
January-February 2015
Improving Breast and Colon Cancer Screening Rates: A Comparison of Letters, Automated Phone Calls, or Both
Lindsay Phillips, Samantha Hendren, Sharon Humiston, Paul Winters, Kevin Fiscella
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jan 2015, 28 (1) 46-54; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140174
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