A survey of colonoscopy capacity in New Zealand's public hospitals

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1258, 2007, Pages

  Yeoman, Andrew ^a   Parry, Susan ^b  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COLONOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34547451015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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