Colonoscopy and fecal occult blood test use in Germany: Results from a large insurance-based cohort

Endoscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 771-779

  Stock, C ^a   Ihle, P ^b   Schubert, I ^b   Brenner, H ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GERMANY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; STANDARDIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80052452331     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256504     Document Type: Article

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