title: Colonoscopy benchmarks suggest less invasive tack not always most productive.
abstract: A new study of colonoscopy calls into question the conventional wisdom about its use versus that of sigmoidoscopy, and provides a host of crucial benchmarks for the nation's second most commonly performed outpatient procedure.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000592:standards*; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D014481:United States