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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Sci. 2013 Feb;345(2):99–103. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31824dd1b6

Table 2.

Agreement, sensitivity, and specificity of claims data for CRC test use compared to medical chart documentation, 2002–2006, Tarrant Co, TX.

κ (95% CI) Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI)
Colonoscopy 0.91 (0.85–0.96) 0.99 (0.98–1.00) 0.93 (0.89–0.97)
FOBT 0.83 (0.75–0.90) 0.91 (0.87–0.95) 0.92 (0.88–0.96)
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy 0.39 (0.28–0.49) 0.93 (0.89–0.97) 0.63 (0.56–0.70)

κ, kappa; CRC, colorectal cancer; CI, confidence interval;.