Variation in gastroscopy rate in English general practice and outcome for oesophagogastric cancer: Retrospective analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics

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Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 250-261

  Shawihdi, Mustafa ^a   Thompson, Elizabeth ^b   Kapoor, Neil ^b   Powell, Geraint ^b   Sturgess, Richard P ^b   Stern, Nick ^b   Roughton, Michael ^c   Pearson, Michael G ^b   Bodger, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84891744111     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-304202     Document Type: Article

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