Colonoscopy demand and practice in a regional hospital over 9 years in Hong Kong: Resource implication for cancer screening

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Volumn 73, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 84-88

  Chan, Annie O O ^a   Hui, Wai Mo ^a   Chan, Chi Kuen ^a   Lai, Kam Chuen ^a   Hu, Wayne H C ^a   Yuen, Man Fung ^a   Wong, Wai Man ^a   Lau, George K K ^a   Hui, Chi Kin ^a   Lam, Shiu Kum ^a   Wong, Benjamin C Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy screening; Colorectal cancer; Resource implication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLITIS; COLON ADENOMA; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM POLYP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33745912605     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094038     Document Type: Article

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