The 2012 SAGE wait times program: Survey of Access to GastroEnterology in Canada

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-89

  Leddin, Desmond ^a   Armstrong, David ^b   Borgaonkar, Mark ^c   Bridges, Ronald J ^d   Fallone, Carlo A ^e   Telford, Jennifer J ^f   Chen, Ying ^b   Colacino, Palma ^g   Sinclair, Paul ^g  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g Canadian Association of Gastroenterology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Audit; Canada; Endoscopy; Gastroenterology; Wait time

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COLONOSCOPY; CONSULTATION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; REVIEW;

EID: 84876211024     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/143018     Document Type: Review

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