CT colonography to screen for colorectal cancer and aortic aneurysm in the medicare population: Cost-effectiveness analysis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1332-1340

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a,b   Hassan, Cesare ^c   Laghi, Andrea ^d   Kim, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d University Polo Pontino   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Colorectal cancer; Cost effectiveness analysis; CT colonography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; POLYPECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649083778     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2646     Document Type: Article

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