Quality and safety of screening colonoscopies performed by primary care physicians with standby specialist support

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 703-709

  Xirasagar, Sudha ^a   Hurley, Thomas G ^a   Sros, Lekhena ^a   Hebert, James R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adenomatous polyps; colonic polyps; colorectal neoplasms; patient safety; performance quality; primary care physicians; procedure time; screening colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CECUM; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; STOMACH INTUBATION;

COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SOUTH CAROLINA; SURGICENTERS;

EID: 77954957731     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181e358a3     Document Type: Article

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