Sigmoidoscopy costs and the limits of altruism

Nicholas Shaheen; David Ransohoff

doi:10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00229-6

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Sigmoidoscopy costs and the limits of altruism

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Sigmoidoscopy costs and the limits of altruism

Nicholas Shaheen and David Ransohoff

The American journal of medicine, Vol.107(3), pp.286-287

01/09/1999

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00229-6

PMID: 10492324

Abstract

Costs

Medical procedures

Medical screening

Primary care

Cost is among the important barriers to wide-scale performance of screening sigmoidoscopy in primary care. Primary care providers commonly cite several cost-related obstacles to the routine performance of sigmoidoscopy.

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Title: Sigmoidoscopy costs and the limits of altruism
Creators - without role: Nicholas Shaheen
David Ransohoff
Publication Details: The American journal of medicine, Vol.107(3), pp.286-287
Publisher: Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Identifiers: 9920728408331
Academic Unit: King Abdulaziz University; King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article