Different Screening Definitions have Little Impact on Polypectomy Rate Estimates
BACKGROUND: Polypectomy rate is a surrogate quality indicator for screening colonoscopy. Various methods for identifying screening colonoscopies have been used and it is unclear how different definitions affect the estimated polypectomy rate.
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| description | BACKGROUND: Polypectomy rate is a surrogate quality indicator for screening colonoscopy. Various methods for identifying screening colonoscopies have been used and it is unclear how different definitions affect the estimated polypectomy rate. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-30b6074ca96741738a0d6d4be23d1c7c2025-02-03T07:24:42ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002012-01-01261179179410.1155/2012/986153Different Screening Definitions have Little Impact on Polypectomy Rate EstimatesMengzhu Jiang0Maida J Sewitch1Lawrence Joseph2Alan N Barkun3Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, CanadaDivision of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, CanadaDivision of Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, McGill University, CanadaBACKGROUND: Polypectomy rate is a surrogate quality indicator for screening colonoscopy. Various methods for identifying screening colonoscopies have been used and it is unclear how different definitions affect the estimated polypectomy rate.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/986153 |
| spellingShingle | Mengzhu Jiang Maida J Sewitch Lawrence Joseph Alan N Barkun Different Screening Definitions have Little Impact on Polypectomy Rate Estimates Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Different Screening Definitions have Little Impact on Polypectomy Rate Estimates |
| title_full | Different Screening Definitions have Little Impact on Polypectomy Rate Estimates |
| title_fullStr | Different Screening Definitions have Little Impact on Polypectomy Rate Estimates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Different Screening Definitions have Little Impact on Polypectomy Rate Estimates |
| title_short | Different Screening Definitions have Little Impact on Polypectomy Rate Estimates |
| title_sort | different screening definitions have little impact on polypectomy rate estimates |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/986153 |
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