The impact of national guidelines on the waiting list for colonoscopy: A quantitative clinical audit

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 632-639

  Chivers, K ^a   Basnyat, P ^b   Taffinder, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Colonoscopy; Colorectal; Compliance; Surveillance; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSULTATION; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77958122239     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01871.x     Document Type: Article

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