Capsule Commentary on Mehta et al. Race/Ethnicity and Adoption of a Population Health Management Approach to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Community-Based Healthcare System

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David H Howard. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov;31(11):1356.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3803-2.

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. david.howard@emory.edu.

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The author has no conflicts of interest with any of the material in this manuscript.

Race/Ethnicity and Adoption of a Population Health Management Approach to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Community-Based Healthcare System.
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