Association between health insurance coverage of office visit and cancer screening among women

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1060-1067

  Friedman, Carol ^a   Ahmed, Faruque ^a   Franks, Adele ^a   Weatherup, T O M ^c   Manning, Marsha ^c   Vance, April ^b   Thompson, Betsy L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit structure; Cost sharing; Fee for service; Mammography; Papsmears; Preferred provider organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PHYSICIAN SERVICES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036835564     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200211000-00007     Document Type: Article

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