The straight to test endoscopy service for suspected colorectal cancer: Meeting national targets but are we meeting our patients' expectations?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 616-619

  Hitchins, C R ^a   Lawn, A ^a   Whitehouse, G ^a   Mcfall, M R ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Endoscopy; Patient satisfaction; Two week wait

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIGHT TO TEST ENDOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904388529     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12613     Document Type: Article

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