Limited life expectancy among a subgroup of medicare beneficiaries receiving screening colonoscopies.

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Published in Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol on August 22, 2013

Authors

Sahil Mittal1, Yu-Li Lin2, Alai Tan2, Yong-Fang Kuo2, Hashem B El-Serag3, James S Goodwin2

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: smittal@bcm.edu.
2: Department of Medicine and Sealy Center of Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
3: Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas.

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