Analysis of administrative data finds endoscopist quality measures associated with postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer

Gastroenterology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-72

  Baxter, Nancy N ^a,b   Sutradhar, Rinku ^b   Forbes, Shawn S ^b   Paszat, Lawrence F ^b   Saskin, Refik ^b   Rabeneck, Linda ^b,c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy Quality; Colorectal Cancer Detection; Quality Indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOSCOPIST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POLYPECTOMY; POSTCOLONOSCOPY COLORECTAL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIALIZATION; SURGEON; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78650499401     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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