Performance measures of surgeon-performed colonoscopy in a Veterans Affairs medical center

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2364-2368

  Tran Cao, H S ^a   Cosman, B C ^a,c   Devaraj, B ^a   Ramamoorthy, S ^a   Savides, T ^b   Krinsky, M L ^b,c   Horgan, S ^a   Talamini, M A ^a   Savu, M K ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma detection rate; Colonoscopy; Performance measures; Quality; Surgeon endoscopist

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOMA; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DATA BASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350018151     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0358-x     Document Type: Article

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