A comparison of screening methods for colorectal cancer using simulation modeling

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2236-2245

  Tafazzoli, Ali ^a   Roberts, Stephen D ^a   Ness, Reid M ^b   Dittus, Robert S ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PATIENT MONITORING; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; TUMORS;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER (CRC); FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST (FOBT); SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 33846707150     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2005.1574512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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