Effect of a Patient Navigator Program on the Volume and Quality of Colonoscopy

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages e47-e53

  Lebwohl, Benjamin ^a   Neugut, Alfred I ^a   Stavsky, Eliezer ^b   Villegas, Sonia ^b   Meli, Corinne ^b   Rodriguez, Orlando ^b   Franco, Carmen ^b   Krauskopf, Marian S ^b   Rosenberg, Richard ^b  

^a Division of Digestive and Liver Disease   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal neoplasms; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CECUM; COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT NAVIGATOR PROGRAM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL;

ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955014352     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181f595c3     Document Type: Article

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