Strategies to address increased demand for colonoscopy: Guidelines in an open endoscopy practice

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 178-182

  Baron, Todd H ^a,b   Kimery, Brenda D ^a   Sorbi, Darius ^a   Gorkis, Linda C ^a   Leighton, Jonathan A ^a   Fleischer, David E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0842283186     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-3565(03)00317-3     Document Type: Article

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