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

Colonoscopy

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

ResearchPublished 1986

This report is part of a larger study to determine the extent to which the appropriate use of medical procedures is related to overall rates of use among geographic areas. It is one of six volumes that report the ratings of panels of physicians on the appropriateness of performing each of six procedures for a wide variety of clinically specific indications. The six procedures were coronary angiography, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, cholecystectomy, diagnostic gastrointestinal endoscopy, colonoscopy, and carotid endarterectomy. This volume contains a literature review of colonoscopy, a comprehensive set of indications for performing this procedure, and ratings of the appropriateness for each indication.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 1986
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  • Paperback Pages: 168
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  • Document Number: R-3204/5-CWF/HF/PMT/RWJ

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Kahn, Katherine L., Carol P. Roth, Arlene Fink, Joan Keesey, Robert H. Brook, Rolla Edward Park, Mark R. Chassin, and David Solomon, Indications for Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures - A Literature Review and Ratings of Appropriateness: Colonoscopy, RAND Corporation, R-3204/5-CWF/HF/PMT/RWJ, 1986. As of September 17, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3204z5.html
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Kahn, Katherine L., Carol P. Roth, Arlene Fink, Joan Keesey, Robert H. Brook, Rolla Edward Park, Mark R. Chassin, and David Solomon, Indications for Selected Medical and Surgical Procedures - A Literature Review and Ratings of Appropriateness: Colonoscopy. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1986. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3204z5.html. Also available in print form.
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