Original Reports: Diabetes across the Generations--Personalized Follow-Up Increases Return Rate at Urban Eye Disease Screening Clinics for African Americans with Diabetes: Results of a Randomized Trial

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using personalized follow-up as compared to reminder letters, in increasing return rates at urban eye disease screening clinics for African Americans with diabetes, and to identify factors predictive of the patient's likelihood of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ethnicity & disease 2002-12, Vol.13 (1), p.40ff-40ff
Hauptverfasser: Anderson, Robert M, Musch, David C, Nwankwo, Robin B, Wolf, Fredric M, Gillard, Mary Lou, Oh, Mary S, Fitzgerald, James T, Johnson, Mark W, Hiss, Roland G
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Zusammenfassung:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using personalized follow-up as compared to reminder letters, in increasing return rates at urban eye disease screening clinics for African Americans with diabetes, and to identify factors predictive of the patient's likelihood of returning for annual follow-up examinations. Results are briefly discussed.
ISSN:1049-510X