Computed Tomography Colonography Less Costly Than Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening of Commercially Insured Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Computed tomography (CT) colonography's effectiveness, its associated patient advantages, and its potential role to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates have been demonstrated in previous research, but whether CT colonography has a cost advantage relative to optical colonoscopy for the commercially insured US population has not been assessed.

Objective

To compare the costs of CRC screening using CT colonography or optical colonoscopy for commercially insured people in the United States.

Methods

Using retrospective commercial healthcare claims data and peer-reviewed studies, we performed a simulated multiyear, matched-case comparison of the costs of CT and optical colonoscopies for CRC screening. We estimated commercial optical colonoscopy costs

SUBMITTER: Sawhney TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6306102 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature