Time to Endoscopy in Patients with Colorectal Cancer: Analysis of Wait-Times

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Janssen, Renée M ^a   Takach, Oliver ^a   Nap Hill, Estello ^a   Enns, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONSULTATION; DATA BASE; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WAITING TIME; WATCHFUL WAITING; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84965097572     PISSN: 22912789     EISSN: 22912797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/8714587     Document Type: Article

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