Role of quality measurement in inappropriate use of screening for colorectal cancer: Retrospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Saini, Sameer D ^a,b   Vijan, Sandeep ^a,b   Schoenfeld, Philip ^a,b   Powell, Adam A ^c,d   Moser, Stephanie ^a   Kerr, Eve A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Minneapolis VA Healthcare System   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84895542461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g1247     Document Type: Article

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