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Medicare cost of colorectal cancer screening: CT colonography vs. optical colonoscopy

Purpose: To compare the Medicare population cost of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening of average risk individuals by CT colonography (CTC) vs. optical colonoscopy (OC). Methods: The authors used Medicare claims data, fee schedules, established protocols, and other sources to estimate CTC and OC per-...

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Autores principales: Pyenson, Bruce, Pickhardt, Perry J., Sawhney, Tia Goss, Berrios, Michele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26350285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00261-015-0538-1