Developing a quality screening colonoscopy referral system in primary care practice: A report from the national colorectal cancer roundtable

CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-49

  Sifri, Randa ^a   Wender, Richard ^a   Lieberman, David ^b   Potter, Michael ^c   Peterson, Karen ^d   Weber, Thomas K ^e   Smith, Robert ^f  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Prevent Cancer Foundation   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN LISPRO; INSULIN ZINC SUSPENSION; ISOPHANE INSULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75649151761     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: 15424863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/caac.20048     Document Type: Review

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