Open AccessFactors associated with patient absenteeism for scheduled endoscopy
Author(s) -
Victor K. Wong,
Hongbin Zhang,
Robert Enns
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.2882
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagogastroduodenoscopy , sigmoidoscopy , colonoscopy , endoscopy , multivariate analysis , retrospective cohort study , truancy , cohort , emergency medicine , general surgery , pediatrics , surgery , colorectal cancer , cancer , political science , law
To identify risk factors to help predict which patients are likely to fail to appear for an endoscopic procedure.