Open access colonoscopy: Critical appraisal of indications, quality metrics and outcomes

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 940-944

  Ghaoui, Rony ^a   Ramdass, Sheryl ^a   Friderici, Jennifer ^a   Desilets, David J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Outcome research; Screening for colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL POLYP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ACCESS COLONOSCOPY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MASS SCREENING; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84965064398     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2016.04.005     Document Type: Article

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