Should CMS cover lung cancer screening for the fully informed patient?

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 312, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1193-1194

  Volk, Robert J ^a   Hawk, Ernest ^a   Bevers, Therese B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; RADIATION DOSE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; LUNG TUMOR; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); DECISION MAKING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907546675     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.12709     Document Type: Short Survey

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