Limited Life Expectancy Among a Subgroup of Medicare Beneficiaries Receiving Screening Colonoscopies Sahil Mittal, Yu–Li Lin, Alai Tan, Yong–Fang Kuo, Hashem B. El–Serag, James S. Goodwin Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 443-450.e1 (March 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.08.021 Copyright © 2014 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Proportion of patients with less than 10 years of predicted life expectancy at the time of screening colonoscopy by HRR. There are 8 HRRs with less than 30 screening colonoscopies, and their data are not shown. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2014 12, 443-450.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2013.08.021) Copyright © 2014 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Screening colonoscopy rates by age for men and women and the proportions of screening colonoscopy recipients with less than 10 years of life expectancy by age for both sexes. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2014 12, 443-450.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2013.08.021) Copyright © 2014 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions