Bowel surveillance patterns after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer in Medicare beneficiaries

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 563-571

  Knopf, Kevin B ^a   Warren, Joan L ^a   Feuer, Eric J ^a   Brown, Martin L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035515429     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.118949     Document Type: Article

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