Screening HMO Women Overdue for both Mammograms and Pap Tests
Preventive MedicinePublished 1 January 2002
Barbara Valanis, Russell E. Glasgow, John P. Mullooly, Thomas Vogt, Evelyn P Whitlock, Shawn M. Boles
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A tailored letter-telephone Outreach appears to be more effective at screening women ages 52-64 than a tailored office-based intervention, in large part because most In-reach women did not have clinic visits at which to receive the intervention.
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A tailored letter-telephone Outreach appears to be more effective at screening women ages 52-64 than a tailored office-based intervention, in large part because most In-reach women did not have clinic visits at which to receive the intervention.
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