Factors associated with attendance to scheduled outpatient endoscopy

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1068, 2014, Pages 571-575

  Laiyemo, Adeyinka O ^a   Williams, Carla D ^b   Burnside, Clinton ^b   Moghadam, Sepideh ^a   Sanasi Bhola, Kamla D ^a   Kwagyan, John ^c   Brim, Hassan ^a   Ashktorab, Hassan ^a   Scott, Victor F ^a   Smoot, Duane T ^d  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Delaware   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ENDURANCE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATION AND OCCUPATION RELATED PHENOMENA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONALISM; PROVOCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WORKPLACE DISCUSSION; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENDOSCOPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COLONOSCOPY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907275684     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131650     Document Type: Article

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