Impact of the 2008-2009 Economic Recession on Screening Colonoscopy Utilization Among the Insured

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-284

  Dorn, Spencer D ^a   Wei, David ^b   Farley, Joel F ^b   Shah, Nilay D ^c   Shaheen, Nicholas J ^a   Sandler, Robert S ^a   Kappelman, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon Cancer; Colorectal Cancer; Health Care Spending; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUT OF POCKET COST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857194504     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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