A comparison of hospital and nonhospital colonoscopy: Wait times, fees and guideline adherence to follow-up interval

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-82

  Ivers, Noah ^a,b   Schwandt, Michael ^a,c   Hum, Susan ^a   Martin, Danielle ^a,b   Tinmouth, Jill ^b,d   Pimlott, Nick ^a,b,c  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Health care surveys; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME PERCEPTION; AGED; COLON TUMOR; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECTUM TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79956193846     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/514656     Document Type: Article

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