The medicare modernization act and reimbursement for outpatient chemotherapy: Do patients perceive changes in access to care?

Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2304-2312

  Friedman, Joëlle Y ^a   Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b   Hammill, Bradley G ^a   Dhillon, Jatinder K ^a,d   Weaver, Charles H ^c   Biswas, Sugata ^c   Abernethy, Amy P ^b   Schulman, Kevin A ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Cancer Consultants Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health services accessibility; Medicare; Outpatients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COLON CANCER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REIMBURSEMENT;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36049048932     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23042     Document Type: Article

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