Improving colonoscopy quality through health-care payment reform

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1925-1933

  Hewett, David G ^a   Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CECUM; COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; COLONIC DISEASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; STANDARDS;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77956343506     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.247     Document Type: Review

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