Comparing quality, safety, and costs of colonoscopies performed by nurse vs physician trainees

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 470-477

  Massl, Renate ^a   van Putten, Paul G ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   van Tilburg, Anthonie J P ^b   Lai, Jonathan Y L ^c   de Ridder, Rogier J J ^d   Brouwer, Johnannes T ^e   Verburg, Robert J ^f   Alderliesten, Joyce ^g   Schoon, Erik J ^h   van Leerdam, Monique E ^a,i   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sint Franciscus Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c GROENE HART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^g ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy Screening; Nurse Endoscopist; Quality Assessment

Indexed keywords

COLONOSCOPY SCREENING; NURSE ENDOSCOPIST; QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84893907192     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.08.049     Document Type: Article

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