A slow start: Use of preventive services among seniors following the Affordable Care Act's enhancement of Medicare benefits in the U.S.

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-42

  Jensen, Gail A ^a   Salloum, Ramzi G ^b   Hu, Jianhui ^c   Ferdows, Nasim Baghban ^a   Tarraf, Wassim ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Insurance benefits; Medicare; Preventive services

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ACT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; OCCULT BLOOD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928343250     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.03.023     Document Type: Article

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