Patient satisfaction does not correlate with established colonoscopy quality metrics

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1089-1091

  Yadlapati, Rena ^a   Gawron, Andrew ^a   Keswani, Rajesh N ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENDOSCOPIST; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT;

COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84903852444     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2014.115     Document Type: Letter

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