Influence of malpractice history on the practice of screening and surveillance for Barrett's esophagus

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 842-849

  Rubenstein, Joel H ^a,b   Saini, Sameer D ^b   Kuhn, Latoya ^a   McMahon, Laurence ^a,b   Sharma, Pratima ^b   Pardi, Darrell S ^c   Schoenfeld, Philip ^a,b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPENSATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41849148956     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01689.x     Document Type: Article

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