Cost Differences After Initial CT Colonography Versus Optical Colonoscopy in the Elderly.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale and objectives

To compare differences in Medicare costs 1 year after initial computed tomographic colonography (CTC) or initial optical colonoscopy (OC).

Materials and methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of asymptomatic Medicare outpatients aged ≥ 66 years who received initial CTC (n = 531) or OC (n = 17,593) between January 2007 and December 2008; initial OC patients were matched on county of residence and year of screening. Outcomes included differences in total inpatient and outpatient Medicare costs 1 year after initial CTC or OC and differences in outpatient testing of potential findings in the colon, abdomen, pelvis, and lungs.

Results

Higher adjusted costs per patient were revealed in the year after initial CTC compared to initial OC for

SUBMITTER: Zafar HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4418202 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature