Reactions to a Targeted Intervention to Increase Fecal Occult Blood Testing among Average-Risk Adults Waiting for Screening Colonoscopy

BACKGROUND: Increasing demand combined with limited capacity has resulted in long wait times for average-risk adults referred for screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer. Management of patients on these growing wait lists is an emerging clinical issue.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S Elizabeth McGregor, Paul Ritvo, Jill Tinmouth, Ashley Kornblum, Ronald Myers, Robert J Hilsden, Lawrence F Paszat, Linda Rabeneck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/397302