Clinical use of CT colonography for colorectal cancer screening in military training facilities and potential impact on HEDIS measures

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-36

  Cash, Brooks D ^a   Stamps, Kathryn ^b,c   McFarland, Elizabeth G ^d   Spiegel, Andrew R ^e   Wade, Sally W ^f  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center   (United States)

^d St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

^e Patient Advocate   (United States)

^f Wade Outcomes Research and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; CT colonography; HEDIS; NCQA; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTHCARE EFFECTIVENESS DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HUMAN; MALE; NAVY; OCCULT BLOOD; QUALITY CONTROL; TRAINING;

EID: 84928096734     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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