Use of colonoscopy for polyp surveillance in Medicare beneficiaries

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1800-1807

  Cooper, Gregory S ^a   Kou, Tzuyung D ^b   Barnholtz Sloan, Jill S ^c   Koroukian, Siran M ^b   Schluchter, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

colonic polyps; colonoscopy; health services; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BIOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCULT BLOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENEMA; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCULT BLOOD; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877581294     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27990     Document Type: Article

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