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. 2015 Sep 9;40(8):2966–2976. doi: 10.1007/s00261-015-0538-1

Table 2.

2013 Medicare colonoscopies

Colonoscopy days identified Number Percentage
Total 127,175 100
Exclusions:
 Diagnostic 58,206 46
 Incomplete 2441 2
 With same-day upper endoscopy 9139 7
 Enrollee under age 50 811 1
Net remaining: screening colonoscopy days 56,578 44

Source: Authors’ analysis of 2013 Medicare 5% sample data