Gastroenterologists utilize the referral for EGD to enhance colon cancer screening more effectively than primary care physicians

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 953-962

  Menees, S B ^a,d   Scheiman, J ^a   Carlos, R ^b   Mulder, A ^c   Fendrick, A M ^d  

^a Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DUODENOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33645070226     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02844.x     Document Type: Review

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