Barriers to office-based screening sigmoidoscopy: Does reimbursement cover costs?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 525-530

  Lewis, James D ^a   Asch, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0033574204     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-6-199903160-00017     Document Type: Article

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