Comparison between US preventive services task force recommendations and medicare coverage

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-49

  Lesser, Lenard I ^a   Krist, Alex H ^b   Kamerow, Douglas B ^c   Bazemore, Andrew W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Preventive health services; USPSTF

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 78951492740     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1194     Document Type: Review

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