Abbreviations that Appear in the Report

DRAFT: Not for Citation


Abbreviation Definition
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
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