… the incidence rate of colorectal cancer in Medicare patients undergoing a negative
colonoscopy and a higher risk in patients who underwent a colonoscopy by a non-gastroenterologist. …

… colonoscopy after a negative screening colonoscopy finding among fee-for-service Medicare
… This left 114 468 patients with what we considered a negative colonoscopy result. We …

… colonoscopy. We used a matched cohort design, identifying a comparable group of Medicare
beneficiaries who had not undergone colonoscopy … colonoscopy as the “colonoscopy group…

… -up colonoscopy intervals following a negative colonoscopy; and determine whether the
potential benefit of a shorter colonoscopy … of a negative colonoscopy may be greater if a repeat …

… too soon after a previous colonoscopy with negative findings. The use of 100% Texas … For
each physician, we calculated the volume of colonoscopies performed in Medicare enrollees …

… By using the CORI colonoscopy record as the criterion standard, we examined the
sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the Medicare claims for …

… yet another screening colonoscopy at an … Medicare beneficiaries (ie, whether they result in
a net health benefit) is uncertain: The low risk for CRC after a negative screening colonoscopy …

… , colonoscopy, we used the Medicare claims to identify patients who had undergone an
outpatient colonoscopy27,… who had undergone a negative colonoscopy during 10–15 years prior …

… a second preoperative colonoscopy, we also included patients with a colonoscopy only 6 to
… likelihood of interval cancer after a negative colonoscopy if the examination was performed …

… , and colonoscopy with FOBT and/or FLEX (COL-WFF) to account for colonoscopy procedures
that … Also, the coefficient for the interaction term of MCA and dual status was negative and …