The importance of lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography for medicare beneficiaries

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2016-2018

  Wood, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RADIATION DOSE; SMOKING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; FEMALE; INSURANCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919482245     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5623     Document Type: Article

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