Impact of pre-procedure interventions on no-show rate in pediatric endoscopy

Children

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-97

  Mani, Jyoti ^a   Franklin, Linda ^a   Pall, Harpreet ^a,b  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Pediatrics; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979851738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/children2010089     Document Type: Article

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