Evaluation of the implementation of Galician Health Service indications and priority levels for colonoscopy in symptomatic patients: Prospective, cross-sectional study;Evaluación de la implantación de las indicaciones y niveles de prioridad del Servizo Galego de Saude para la colonoscopia en pacientes sintomáticos: Estudio prospectivo y transversal

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 600-607

  Vega Villaamil, Pablo ^a   Salve Bouzo, María ^a   Cubiella, Joaquín ^a   Valentín Gómez, Fátima ^a   Sánchez Hernández, Eloy ^a   Gómez Fernández, Isabel ^b   Fernández Seara, Javier ^a  

^a Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas   (Spain)

^b Estructura de Gestión Integrada   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Diagnostic yield; Primary health care; Referrals

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLITIS; COLON INJURY; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GALICIAN HEALTH SERVICE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; TIME TO TREATMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; SPAIN; UTILIZATION;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84901260833     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1130-01082013001000005     Document Type: Article

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