Quality Indicators for Colonoscopy: Missing the Wood for the Trees?

Kaminski et al1 used feedback and quality benchmark indicators to improve colonoscopy performance and happily they succeeded. They confirmed that increasing the rate of adenoma detection (RAD) is associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer and death.2 Nevertheless, their findings may not be generalizable to other settings. First, they should provide the rationale how they divided ADR into quintiles of ≤11.21%, 11.22% to 15.10%, 15.11% to 19.17%, 19.18% to 24.56%, and >24.56%; these divisions seem arbitrary and very different from their previous reports.

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