The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 9 , Pages 791-799 , September 2006

Prospective Comparison of Patient Experience with Colon Imaging Tests

  • Hayden B. Bosworth, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center
    • Department of Medicine Duke University Medical Center
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  • Don C. Rockey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine Duke University Medical Center
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Don C. Rockey, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas TX 75390-8887.
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  • Erik K. Paulson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine Duke University Medical Center
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  • Donna Niedzwiecki, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine Duke University Medical Center
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  • Wendy Davis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Durham VA Medical Center/Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Linda L. Sanders, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine Duke University Medical Center
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  • Judy Yee, MD

      Affiliations

    • San Francisco VA Medical Center/The University of California at San Francisco, Calif
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  • Jim Henderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Troy Internal Medicine, Troy, Mich
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  • Paul Hatten, MD

      Affiliations

    • Indian River Radiology, Vero Beach, Fla
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  • Steve Burdick, MD

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas
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  • Arun Sanyal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond
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  • David T. Rubin, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Ill
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  • Mark Sterling, MD

      Affiliations

    • The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark
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  • Geetanjali Akerkar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Seacoast Gastroenterology, Exeter, NH
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  • Manoop S. Bhutani, MD

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
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  • Kenneth Binmoeller, MD

      Affiliations

    • California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
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  • John Garvie, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California at San Diego
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  • Edmund J. Bini, MD

      Affiliations

    • New York University, New York
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  • Kenneth McQuaid, MD

      Affiliations

    • San Francisco VA Medical Center/The University of California at San Francisco, Calif
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  • William L. Foster, MD

      Affiliations

    • Durham VA Medical Center/Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • William M. Thompson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine Duke University Medical Center
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  • Abe Dachman, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Ill
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  • Robert Halvorsen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond

,Revised 6 February 2006

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 This work was supported by a grant from the NCI(Grant R01 CA82344).

PII: S0002-9343(06)00192-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.02.013

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 9 , Pages 791-799 , September 2006

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