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Veterans' Continued Participation in an Annual Fecal Immunochemical Test Mailing Program for Colorectal Cancer Screening

Jennifer A. Schlichting, Michelle A. Mengeling, Nader M. Makki, Ashish Malhotra, Thorvardur R. Halfdanarson, J. Stacey Klutts, Barcey T. Levy, Peter J. Kaboli and Mary E. Charlton
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2015, 28 (4) 494-497; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.04.140241
Jennifer A. Schlichting
From the VA Office of Rural Health, Rural Health Resource Center, Central Region, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) Center and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (JSK), Iowa City VA Healthcare System, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City (JAS, BTL, MEC); the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (MAM, NMM, PJK), the Department of Pathology (JSK), and the Department of Family Medicine (BTL), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City; and the Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ (TRH).
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Michelle A. Mengeling
From the VA Office of Rural Health, Rural Health Resource Center, Central Region, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) Center and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (JSK), Iowa City VA Healthcare System, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City (JAS, BTL, MEC); the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (MAM, NMM, PJK), the Department of Pathology (JSK), and the Department of Family Medicine (BTL), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City; and the Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ (TRH).
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Nader M. Makki
From the VA Office of Rural Health, Rural Health Resource Center, Central Region, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) Center and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (JSK), Iowa City VA Healthcare System, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City (JAS, BTL, MEC); the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (MAM, NMM, PJK), the Department of Pathology (JSK), and the Department of Family Medicine (BTL), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City; and the Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ (TRH).
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Ashish Malhotra
From the VA Office of Rural Health, Rural Health Resource Center, Central Region, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) Center and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (JSK), Iowa City VA Healthcare System, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City (JAS, BTL, MEC); the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (MAM, NMM, PJK), the Department of Pathology (JSK), and the Department of Family Medicine (BTL), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City; and the Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ (TRH).
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Thorvardur R. Halfdanarson
From the VA Office of Rural Health, Rural Health Resource Center, Central Region, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) Center and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (JSK), Iowa City VA Healthcare System, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City (JAS, BTL, MEC); the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (MAM, NMM, PJK), the Department of Pathology (JSK), and the Department of Family Medicine (BTL), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City; and the Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ (TRH).
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J. Stacey Klutts
From the VA Office of Rural Health, Rural Health Resource Center, Central Region, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) Center and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (JSK), Iowa City VA Healthcare System, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City (JAS, BTL, MEC); the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (MAM, NMM, PJK), the Department of Pathology (JSK), and the Department of Family Medicine (BTL), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City; and the Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ (TRH).
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Barcey T. Levy
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Peter J. Kaboli
From the VA Office of Rural Health, Rural Health Resource Center, Central Region, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) Center and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (JSK), Iowa City VA Healthcare System, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City (JAS, BTL, MEC); the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (MAM, NMM, PJK), the Department of Pathology (JSK), and the Department of Family Medicine (BTL), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City; and the Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ (TRH).
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Mary E. Charlton
From the VA Office of Rural Health, Rural Health Resource Center, Central Region, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) Center and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (JSK), Iowa City VA Healthcare System, Iowa City, IA (JAS, MAM, AM, PJK, MEC); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City (JAS, BTL, MEC); the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (MAM, NMM, PJK), the Department of Pathology (JSK), and the Department of Family Medicine (BTL), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City; and the Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ (TRH).
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    Fact sheet: information about the VHA Office of Rural Health and Rural Veterans. Washington, DC: Veterans Health Administration, Office of Rural Health; 2014. Available from: http://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/docs/factsheets/ORH_General_FactSheet_2014.pdf. Accessed December 29, 2014.
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Jennifer A. Schlichting, Michelle A. Mengeling, Nader M. Makki, Ashish Malhotra, Thorvardur R. Halfdanarson, J. Stacey Klutts, Barcey T. Levy, Peter J. Kaboli, Mary E. Charlton
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