Systematic quality control programme for colonoscopy in an endoscopy centre in Norway;Systematisk kvalitetskontroll av koloskopier

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1402-1405

  Bretthauer, Michael ^a,b   Hoff, Geir ^a   Severinsen, Hege ^a   Erga, Jeanette ^a   Sauar, Jostein ^a   Huppertz Hauss, Gert ^a  

^a Seksjon for Mage og Tarmsykdommer   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONTROL SYSTEM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLON DISEASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 2942620694     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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