Screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT - Translating science into Medicare coverage policy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 2083-2085

  Chin, Joseph ^a   Jensen, Tamara Syrek ^a   Ashby, Lori ^a   Hermansen, Jamie ^a   Hutter, Joseph D ^a   Conway, Patrick H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; INSURANCE; LUNG TUMOR; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929849659     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1502598     Document Type: Article

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