Quality Measures for Colonoscopy: A Critical Evaluation

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1973-1980

  Fayad, Nabil F ^a   Kahi, Charles J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal Neoplasms; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA DETECTION RATE; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CECAL INTUBATION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POLYPECTOMY; PROXIMAL SERRATED POLYP DETECTION RATE; WITHDRAWAL TIME; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84918803633     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.09.052     Document Type: Article

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