Indications for Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures - A Literature Review and Ratings of Appropriateness

Diagnostic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Katherine L. Kahn, Carol P. Roth, Jacqueline Kosecoff, Arlene Fink, Robert H. Brook, Mark R. Chassin, David Solomon, Rolla Edward Park, Joan Keesey, Mary Frances Flynn

ResearchPublished 1986

This report contains a review of the published literature on the diagnostic use of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy from the procedure's introduction in the 1960s through 1981. In addition, it includes data on its findings, complications, costs, efficacy, utilization, and indications. It rates the appropriateness of each indication, and provides a medical record abstraction form and guidelines for its use.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 1986
  • Print Format: Paperback
  • Paperback Pages: 334
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  • Paperback ISBN/EAN: 978-0-8330-0757-5
  • Document Number: R-3204/4-CWF/HF/HCFA/PMT/RWJ

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Kahn, Katherine L., Carol P. Roth, Jacqueline Kosecoff, Arlene Fink, Robert H. Brook, Mark R. Chassin, David Solomon, Rolla Edward Park, Joan Keesey, and Mary Frances Flynn, Indications for Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures - A Literature Review and Ratings of Appropriateness: Diagnostic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, RAND Corporation, R-3204/4-CWF/HF/HCFA/PMT/RWJ, 1986. As of October 10, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3204z4.html
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Kahn, Katherine L., Carol P. Roth, Jacqueline Kosecoff, Arlene Fink, Robert H. Brook, Mark R. Chassin, David Solomon, Rolla Edward Park, Joan Keesey, and Mary Frances Flynn, Indications for Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures - A Literature Review and Ratings of Appropriateness: Diagnostic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1986. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3204z4.html. Also available in print form.
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