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Table 1 Summary of survey responses from endoscopy centers at California public hospitals

From: Diversity of endoscopy center operations and practice variation across California’s safety-net hospital system: a statewide survey

General characteristics

Mean wait time for an endoscopic procedure (days) (N = 8)

42.4 ± 37.7

No show/cancellation rate for endoscopic procedure (%) (N = 7)

14.5 ± 8.0

Pre-procedure

Patient referral (N = 8)

 Open access endoscopy

2 (25.0)

 Closed access endoscopy

6 (75.0)

Procedure

Providers performing endoscopy (N = 8)a

 Physician assistant

0

 Nurse practitioner

2 (25.0)

 Family practice/Medicine/Surgery resident

3 (37.5)

 Surgeon

4 (50.0)

 Gastroenterology fellow

6 (75.0)

Administration of sedation (N = 8)

 Nurse anesthetist

0

 Anesthesiologist

1 (12.5)

 Nurse

2 (25.0)

 Gastroenterologist

5 (62.5)

Post-endoscopy

Delivering pathology results (N = 8)a

 Letter

1 (12.5)

 Telephone call

2 (25.0)

 Follow-up with referring physician

4 (50.0)

 Return appointment to GI clinic

6 (75.0)

Quality measurements (N = 6) a

 Adenoma detection

0

 Withdrawal time

1 (16.7)

 Quality of bowel preparation

2 (33.3)

 Cecal intubation

3 (50.0)

 Adverse events

6 (100.0)

Performance measurements (N = 7) a

 % of start-on time procedures

1 (14.3)

 Room turnover time

1 (14.3)

 Procedure duration

2 (28.6)

 Wait time for endoscopic procedure

2 (28.6)

 No show/cancellation

4 (57.1)

 Procedure volume

7 (100.0)

  1. a More than one method/measurement could have been selected.