The time has arrived for national reimbursement of screening CT colonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-79

  Yee, Judy ^a,b   Keysor, Kathryn J ^c   Kim, David H ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

CT colonography screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RADIATION DOSE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883440586     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.10656     Document Type: Review

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