Opinion of gastroenterologists towards quality assurance in endoscopy

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-219

  de Jonge, Vincent ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   van Leerdam, Monique E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Quality assurance; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79551488573     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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