ArticleAbdominal imaging2015
Medicare cost of colorectal cancer screening: CT colonography vs. optical colonoscopy.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of the participation rate between CT colonography and colonoscopy in screening population: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The British journal of radiology · 2020Pooled it
- Colorectal Cancer: Cost-effectiveness of Colonoscopy versus CT Colonography Screening with Participation Rates and Costs.Radiology · 2018Trial
- The Association of FIT-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening with Earlier Disease Detection: The Romanian Experience.Cancers · 2026Article
- Colorectal cancer screening in adults aged 45-49: provider availability, CT colonography access, and screening rates.Journal of the National Cancer Center · 2025Article
- An AI-Based Colonic Polyp Classifier for Colorectal Cancer Screening Using Low-Dose Abdominal CT.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Incident colorectal cancer screening and associated healthcare resource utilization and Medicare cost among Medicare beneficiaries aged 66-75 years in 2016-2018.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Vector textures derived from higher order derivative domains for classification of colorectal polyps.Visual computing for industry, biomedicine, and art · 2022Article
- Cost-effectiveness of surveillance with CT colonography after resection of colorectal cancer.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2020Article
- Comparison of extracolonic findings and clinical outcomes in a screening and diagnostic CT colonography population.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2019Article
- Computed Tomography Colonography Less Costly Than Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening of Commercially Insured Patients.American health & drug benefits · 2018Article
- Imaging of colorectal cancer - the clue to individualized treatment.Innovative surgical sciences · 2018Review
- Accuracy of Combined Computed Tomography Colonography and Dual Energy Iiodine Map Imaging for Detecting Colorectal masses using High-pitch Dual-source CT.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- CT Colonographic Screening of Patients With a Family History of Colorectal Cancer: Comparison With Adults at Average Risk and Implications for Guidelines.AJR. American journal of roentgenology · 2017Article
- Screening and Surveillance of Colorectal Cancer Using CT Colonography.Current treatment options in gastroenterology · 2017Review
- 2016 reflections on the favorable cost-benefit of lung cancer screening.Annals of translational medicine · 2016Review
- Yield and Cost-effectiveness of Computed Tomography Colonography Versus Colonoscopy for Post Colorectal Cancer Surveillance.MDM policy & practiceArticle
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeTo compare the Medicare population cost of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening of average risk individuals by CT colonography (CTC) vs. optical colonoscopy (OC).
methodsThe authors used Medicare claims data, fee schedules, established protocols, and other sources to estimate CTC and OC per-screen costs, including the costs of OC referrals for a subset of CTC patients. They then modeled and compared the Medicare costs of patients who complied with CTC and OC screening recommendations and tested alternative scenarios.
resultsCTC is 29% less expensive than OC for the Medicare population in the base scenario. Although the CTC cost advantage is increased or reduced under alternative scenarios, it is always positive.
conclusionCTC is a cost-effective CRC screening option for the Medicare population and will likely reduce Medicare expenditures for CRC screening.
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