DRAFT: Not for Citation
Abbreviation | Definition |
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ACER | Average cost-effectiveness ratio |
AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
CISNET | Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network |
CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
COL | Colonoscopy |
CPT | Current procedural terminology |
CRC | Colorectal cancer |
CRC-SPIN | Microsimulation model of Group Health Cooperative |
CTC | Computed tomographic colonography |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DRG | Diagnosis-related group |
FIT | Fecal immunochemical test or immunochemical FOBT (iFOBT) |
FOBT | Fecal occult blood test |
HII | Hemoccult II®, a guaiac-based FOBT |
HS | Hemoccult SENSA®, a guaiac-based FOBT |
ICER | Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio |
MISCAN | Microsimulation model of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and ErasmusMC |
NCD | National coverage determination |
NCI | National Cancer Institute |
NCTC | National CT Colonography Trial |
PFS | Physician fee schedule |
SEER | Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results |
SIG | Flexible sigmoidoscopy without biopsy |
SIGB | Flexible sigmoidoscopy with biopsy |
SimCRC | Microsimulation model of University of Minnesota and Massachusetts General Hospital |
USPSTF | United States Preventive Services Task Force |
WC | Hypothetical worst-case scenario for CT colonography |