Sustaining the vitality of colonoscopy quality improvement programmes over time. Experience from the norwegian gastronet programme

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-369

  Seip, Birgitte ^a   Bretthauer, Michael ^b   Dahler, Stein ^c   Friestad, Joachim ^d   Huppertz Hauss, Gert ^a   Høie, Ole ^e   Kittang, Eirik ^f   Nyhus, Sverre ^f   Pallenschat, Jens ^e   Sandvei, Per ^g   Stallemo, Asbjørn ^e   Svendsen, Martin Veel ^a   Hoff, Geir ^a  

^a TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Blefjell sykehus HF   (Norway)

^d Ringerike Sykehus   (Norway)

^e Sørlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^f VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^g Østfold Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Patient satisfaction; Quality assurance; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77149163314     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365520903497106     Document Type: Article

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