Physician Non-adherence to Colonoscopy Interval Guidelines in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

Gastroenterology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 938-951

  Johnson, Marcus R ^a   Grubber, Janet ^a   Grambow, Steven C ^a,b   Maciejewski, Matthew L ^a,c   Dunn Thomas, Tyra ^a   Provenzale, Dawn ^a,c   Fisher, Deborah A ^a,c  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon Cancer; Early Detection; VA

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOSCOPIST; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LOW RISK PATIENT; MALE; MANAGED CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLON TUMOR; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84942324234     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.06.026     Document Type: Article

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