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- ACS
American Cancer Society
- AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- AOR
adjusted odds ratio
- BRFSS
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey
- CAD
computer-aided detection
- CAHPS
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
- CCME
Carolina Center for Medical Excellence
- CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CHIS
California Health Interview Survey
- CI
confidence interval
- CONSORT
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
- CORI
Clinical Outcomes Research Initiative
- CPT
current procedural terminology
- CRC
colorectal cancer
- CT
computed tomography
- CTC
computed tomographic colonography
- CTS
Community Tracking Study
- DCBE
double contrast barium enema
- DERS
Direct Endoscopic Referral System
- DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid
- DRE
digital rectal examination
- FAP
familial adenomatous polyposis
- FIT
fecal immunochemical test
- FSS
fee-for-service
- FFS + SUPP
fee-for-service Medicare + supplemental insurance
- FIT
fecal immunochemical test
- FOBT
fecal occult blood test
- FS
flexible sigmoidoscopy
- gFOBT
guaiac-based fecal occult blood test
- G
group
- GI
gastrointestinal
- GI
gastroenterologist
- HEDIS
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
- HINTS
Health Information National Trends Survey
- HMO
health maintenance organization
- HNPCC
hereditary nonpolylposis colorectal cancer
- ICD
International Classification of Diseases
- iFOBT
immunochemical fecal occult blood test
- KQ
key question
- LHA
lay health advisors
- MCA
managed care activity
- MCBS
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
- MEPS
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
- MeSH
Medical Subject Heading
- MMC
Medicare managed care
- MMSA
metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas
- MR
magnetic resonance
- MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
- MSTF
Multi-Society Task Force
- MSTF
Multi-Society Task Force
- NCI
National Cancer Institute
- NCQA
National Committee on Quality Assurance
- NHIS
National Health Interview Survey
- NIH
National Institutes of Health
- N
number
- NR
not reported
- OMAR
Office of Medical Applications of Research
- OR
odds ratio
- PCP
primary care physician
- PET
positron emission tomography
- PHE
periodic health examination
- PSA
prostate-specific antigen
- PSAs
public service announcements
- RCTs
randomized controlled trials
- RDD
random digital dialing
- RR
relative risk
- RTC
Randomized Control Trial
- RTI-UNC EPC
RTI International–University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center
- SES
socioeconomic status
- SI
standard intervention
- STROBE
STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology
- TEP
Technical Expert Panel
- TFCPS
Task Force on Community Preventive Services
- TI
tailored intervention
- TIP
tailored intervention plus reminder phone call
- US
United States
- USPSTF
US Preventive Services Task Force
- VA
Veterans Administration
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), Rockville (MD)
NLM Citation
Holden DJ, Harris R, Porterfield DS, et al. Enhancing the Use and Quality of Colorectal Cancer Screening. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2010 Feb. (Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 190.) List of Abbreviations.