Prospective audit of gastroscopy under the 'three-day rule': A regional initiative in Italy to reduce waiting time for suspected malignancy

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1011-1014

  Parente, F ^a   Bargiggia, S ^a   Bianchi Porro, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036238427     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2002.01241.x     Document Type: Article

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