Eliminating cost-sharing requirements for colon cancer screening in medicare

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 3850-3852

  Howard, David H ^a   Guy, Gery P ^b   Ekwueme, Donatus U ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Health insurance; Health reform; Medicare

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; POLYPECTOMY; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COST SHARING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918818635     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29093     Document Type: Review

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