Performance of Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopy by Primary Care Physicians: Lessons from the US Medicare Database

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-58

  Ackermann, Richard J ^a,b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COLONOSCOPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030636182     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.6.1.52     Document Type: Article

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