CMS's landmark decision on CT colonography

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1316-1317

  Cash, Brooks D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SUBPOPULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; LETTER; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

AGED; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349437146     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc091478     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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2. Pickhardt PJ, Hassan C, Laghi A, Kim DH. CT colonography to screen for colorectal cancer and the aortic aneurysm in the Medicare population: cost-effectiveness analysis. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2009;192:1332-1340
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4. Public comments for screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) for colorectal cancer (CAG-00396N). (Accessed September 3, 2009, at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd/viewpubliccomments.asp?nca-id=220&rangebegin= 02%5F11%5F2009&rangeend=03%5F13%5F2009.)