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Telephone Outreach to Increase Colon Cancer Screening in Medicaid Managed Care Organizations: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Allen J. Dietrich, Jonathan N. Tobin, Christina M. Robinson, Andrea Cassells, Mary Ann Greene, Van H. Dunn, Kimberly M. Falkenstern, Rosanna De Leon and Michael L. Beach
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2013, 11 (4) 335-343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1469
Allen J. Dietrich
Community and Family Medicine, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dietrich); Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Robinson, Greene); Clinical Directors Network, Inc (CDN), New York, New York (Tobin, Cassells); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (Tobin); Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York, NY (Tobin); Metro Plus Health Plan, New York, NY (Dunn); United Healthcare Community Plan, New York, NY (Falkenstern); Medical Management, HealthPlus-Amerigroup, New York, NY (De Leon); Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Beach).
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Jonathan N. Tobin
Community and Family Medicine, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dietrich); Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Robinson, Greene); Clinical Directors Network, Inc (CDN), New York, New York (Tobin, Cassells); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (Tobin); Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York, NY (Tobin); Metro Plus Health Plan, New York, NY (Dunn); United Healthcare Community Plan, New York, NY (Falkenstern); Medical Management, HealthPlus-Amerigroup, New York, NY (De Leon); Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Beach).
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Christina M. Robinson
Community and Family Medicine, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dietrich); Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Robinson, Greene); Clinical Directors Network, Inc (CDN), New York, New York (Tobin, Cassells); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (Tobin); Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York, NY (Tobin); Metro Plus Health Plan, New York, NY (Dunn); United Healthcare Community Plan, New York, NY (Falkenstern); Medical Management, HealthPlus-Amerigroup, New York, NY (De Leon); Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Beach).
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Andrea Cassells
Community and Family Medicine, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dietrich); Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Robinson, Greene); Clinical Directors Network, Inc (CDN), New York, New York (Tobin, Cassells); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (Tobin); Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York, NY (Tobin); Metro Plus Health Plan, New York, NY (Dunn); United Healthcare Community Plan, New York, NY (Falkenstern); Medical Management, HealthPlus-Amerigroup, New York, NY (De Leon); Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Beach).
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Mary Ann Greene
Community and Family Medicine, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dietrich); Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Robinson, Greene); Clinical Directors Network, Inc (CDN), New York, New York (Tobin, Cassells); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (Tobin); Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York, NY (Tobin); Metro Plus Health Plan, New York, NY (Dunn); United Healthcare Community Plan, New York, NY (Falkenstern); Medical Management, HealthPlus-Amerigroup, New York, NY (De Leon); Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Beach).
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Van H. Dunn
Community and Family Medicine, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dietrich); Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Robinson, Greene); Clinical Directors Network, Inc (CDN), New York, New York (Tobin, Cassells); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (Tobin); Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York, NY (Tobin); Metro Plus Health Plan, New York, NY (Dunn); United Healthcare Community Plan, New York, NY (Falkenstern); Medical Management, HealthPlus-Amerigroup, New York, NY (De Leon); Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Beach).
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Kimberly M. Falkenstern
Community and Family Medicine, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dietrich); Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Robinson, Greene); Clinical Directors Network, Inc (CDN), New York, New York (Tobin, Cassells); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (Tobin); Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York, NY (Tobin); Metro Plus Health Plan, New York, NY (Dunn); United Healthcare Community Plan, New York, NY (Falkenstern); Medical Management, HealthPlus-Amerigroup, New York, NY (De Leon); Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Beach).
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Rosanna De Leon
Community and Family Medicine, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dietrich); Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Robinson, Greene); Clinical Directors Network, Inc (CDN), New York, New York (Tobin, Cassells); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (Tobin); Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York, NY (Tobin); Metro Plus Health Plan, New York, NY (Dunn); United Healthcare Community Plan, New York, NY (Falkenstern); Medical Management, HealthPlus-Amerigroup, New York, NY (De Leon); Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Beach).
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Michael L. Beach
Community and Family Medicine, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dietrich); Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Robinson, Greene); Clinical Directors Network, Inc (CDN), New York, New York (Tobin, Cassells); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (Tobin); Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York, NY (Tobin); Metro Plus Health Plan, New York, NY (Dunn); United Healthcare Community Plan, New York, NY (Falkenstern); Medical Management, HealthPlus-Amerigroup, New York, NY (De Leon); Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Beach).
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vol. 11 no. 4 335-343
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1469
PubMed 
23835819

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication May 4, 2012
  • Revision received September 4, 2012
  • Accepted for publication September 19, 2012
  • Published online July 8, 2013.

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  1. Allen J. Dietrich, MD⇑,
  2. Jonathan N. Tobin, PhD,
  3. Christina M. Robinson, MS,
  4. Andrea Cassells, MPH,
  5. Mary Ann Greene, MS,
  6. Van H. Dunn, MD, MPH, FACP,
  7. Kimberly M. Falkenstern, MA,
  8. Rosanna De Leon, BS and
  9. Michael L. Beach, MD, PhD
  1. Community and Family Medicine, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Dietrich); Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Robinson, Greene); Clinical Directors Network, Inc (CDN), New York, New York (Tobin, Cassells); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (Tobin); Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of Blood and Vascular Biology, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York, NY (Tobin); Metro Plus Health Plan, New York, NY (Dunn); United Healthcare Community Plan, New York, NY (Falkenstern); Medical Management, HealthPlus-Amerigroup, New York, NY (De Leon); Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH (Beach).
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Allen J. Dietrich, MD, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth 7927 Rubin, Lebanon, NH 03756, allen.j.dietrich{at}dartmouth.edu

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