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Reminder interventions increased women's use of mammography and Pap smear screening

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.1.2.59

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    Somkin CP, Hiatt RA, Hurley LB , et al. The effect of patient and provider reminders on mammography and Papanicolaou smear screening in a large health maintenance organization. Arch Intern Med 1997 Aug 11/25; 157 : 1658 –64. OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Objective

    To evaluate the effectiveness of reminder interventions for increasing women's use of mammography and Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening.

    Design

    Randomised controlled trial with 6 month follow up.

    Setting

    3 medical centres from a large health maintenance organisation (Kaiser Permanente) in northern California, USA.

    Patients

    The mammography sample included 3513 women aged 50–74 years (mean age 60 y) who had not had a mammogram in the past 30 months, were continuously enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente Health Plan during that time, and lived in the area served by the medical centres. The Pap smear sample included 3564 women aged 20–64 years (mean age 47 y) who had not had a Pap smear in the past …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: Innovation Program, Clinical Services Branch, The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, California.

    • For article reprint: C P Somkin, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 3505 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611, USA. Fax +1 510 450 2071.