Life-years gained resulting from screening colonoscopy compared with follow-up colonoscopy after a positive stool-based colorectal screening test

Screening colonoscopies for colorectal cancer (CRC) are typically covered without patient cost-sharing, whereas follow-up colonoscopies for positive stool-based screening tests often incur patient costs. The objective of this analysis was to estimate and compare the life-years gained (LYG) per avera...

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Main Authors: A. Mark Fendrick, Bijan J. Borah, A. Burak Ozbay, Leila Saoud, Paul J. Limburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-04-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335522000080