Regional Variation in the Denial of Reimbursement for Bone Mineral Density Testing Among US Medicare Beneficiaries

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 568-574

  Curtis, Jeffrey R ^a   Laster, Andrew J ^b   Becker, David J ^c   Carbone, Laura ^d,e   Gary, Lisa C ^c   Kilgore, Meredith L ^c   Matthews, Robert ^c   Morrisey, Michael A ^c   Saag, Kenneth G ^a   Tanner, S Bobo ^f   Delzell, Elizabeth ^c  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; dual energy X ray absorptiometry; epidemiology; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55549128893     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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