Health care and disease prevention through genetic counseling: a regional approach.
The Colorado-Wyoming Regional Genetic Counseling Program has demonstrated the feasibility and utility of providing genetic counseling services over a very large area of the Rocky Mountain Region. A basis for preventing genetic and congenital disorders has been established and the patient care provided has been as comprehensive, sophisticated and effective as for any genetic counseling clinic operating in a medical center, with the added advantage of being accessible to a much larger and less financially able patient population. Utilization data and consumer assessment of the values of this service confirm these impressions.
D003120:Colorado; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005190:Family; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D009329:Nebraska; D014959:Wyoming