## Abstract Because of aging trends in the US, the number of prevalent colorectal cancer patients is expected to increase. We projected economic burden to the Medicare program and its beneficiaries through the year 2020. Burden was estimated for the initial phase of care, the period following diagn
Estimates of costs and effects of screening for colorectal cancer in the united states
β Scribed by Tim Byers; Robin Gorsky
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 727 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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