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Elderly
Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older who reported every having sigmoidoscopy of colonoscopy
Measure Source
Healthy People 2010, measure 3-12b.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.
Tables
233 Percent of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older who reported every having sigmoidoscopy of colonoscopy, United States, 2000, by
Data Source
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.
Denominator
Number of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older residing in the community for the full year.
Numerator
Number of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older residing in the community for the full year who reported every having sigmoidoscopy of colonoscopy.
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