Providing colonoscopy services for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
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The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 19 March 2007 186 6 280-281 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2007 www.mja.com.au Colorectal Cancer — Editorial results. Follow-up and management will be deliv “usual care”, without any program-specific funding. affect the health care system? The crux of the problem is that the Australian program — initially, the offer of an FOBT to Australia or 65 years of age between May 2006 and June generate a need for extra colonoscopies. In 2005 There are many ways of freeing up and making maximal use of existing colonoscopy resources
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Medical journal of Australia
دوره 186 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007