Length of office visits for gastrointestinal disease: Impact of physician specialty

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1719-1725

  Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N ^a   McGinley, Emily L ^a   Saeian, Kia ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTIPATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBULATORY CARE; DATA COLLECTION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955394624     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.172     Document Type: Article

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