Impact of health care reform on medicare and dual medicare-medicaid beneficiaries

Cancer Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 584-587

  Thorpe, Kenneth E ^a   Philyaw, Meredith ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care reform; Medicaid; Medicare; neoplasms; United States

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PENSIONER; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650429622     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e3181ff3156     Document Type: Review

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