Strategies to Improve Repeat Fecal Occult Blood Testing Cancer Screening
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Strategies to improve repeat fecal occult blood testing cancer screening.
BACKGROUND A comparative effectiveness intervention by this team improved initial fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) rates from 3% to 53% among community clinic patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and costs associated with a literacy-informed intervention on repeat FOBT testing. METHODS Between 2008 and 2011, a three-arm quasi-experiential comparative effectiv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1055-9965,1538-7755
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-13-0795