Patient satisfaction scores for endoscopic procedures: impact of a survey-collection method

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 775-781

  Lin, Otto S ^a   Schembre, Drew B ^a   Ayub, Kamran ^a   Gluck, Michael ^a   McCormick, Susan E ^a   Patterson, David J ^a   Cantone, Nico ^a   Soon, Maw Soan ^a   Kozarek, Richard A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 34247357831     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.11.032     Document Type: Article

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