Nationwide, longitudinal trends in CT colonography utilization: cross-sectional survey results from the 2010 and 2015 National Health Interview Survey
AK Narayan, DB Lopez, AR Kambadakone… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Colon cancer screening reduces deaths from colorectal cancer. Screening rates
have plateaued; however, studies have found that giving patients a choice between different
screening tests improves adherence. CT colonography is a minimally invasive screening
test with high sensitivity for colonic polyps (> 1 cm). With increasing insurance coverage of
CT colonography nationwide, there are limited estimates of CT colonography utilization over
time. Our purpose was to estimate CT colonography utilization over time using nationally …
have plateaued; however, studies have found that giving patients a choice between different
screening tests improves adherence. CT colonography is a minimally invasive screening
test with high sensitivity for colonic polyps (> 1 cm). With increasing insurance coverage of
CT colonography nationwide, there are limited estimates of CT colonography utilization over
time. Our purpose was to estimate CT colonography utilization over time using nationally …