PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - F H Mourad
AU  - T M Taylor
AU  - P D Fairclough
AU  - M J Farthing
TI  - General practitioner access to gastroscopy: is 'censorship' valuable?
DP  - 1998 Apr 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - 1165--1166
VI  - 48
IP  - 429
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/48/429/1165.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/48/429/1165.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract1998 Apr 01; 48
AB  - An audit was carried out on the activities of a one stop clinic where patients referred by GPs for endoscopy are first interviewed by a gastroenterologist, directly before the procedure. Such a barrier to open access endoscopy did not seem to reduce the workload or the rate of normal examinations.