Missed work related to mid-week screening colonoscopy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2114-2119

  Dong, Mamie H ^a   Kalmaz, Denise ^a   Savides, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Health care costs; Lost productivity; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEDATION; TELECONSULTATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANXIETY; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79959767328     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1545-2     Document Type: Article

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